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Our approach to maintaining the highest professional standards, from realising the potential of our people, to supporting our communities and contributing to a more sustainable world underpins everything we do as a responsible business.

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Busting Bitcoin's anonymity - the implications for financial institutions

A deliberate design feature of Bitcoin is that it enables users to buy or sell anything without revealing their identity. Yet, paradoxically, all Bitcoin transactions are stored publicly and permanently on blockchain. Now, as seen in recent cases, enterprising US prosecutors and private plaintiffs’ lawyers are using software called Blockchain explorer to crack Bitcoin’s anonymity.

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Labour's inclusive ownership funds: nationalising 10% of everything?

With a general election in the UK looking increasingly likely, we've taken a detailed look at one of the UK Labour Party’s most striking policies: to require that 10% of the shares in all large UK companies be transferred to an "inclusive ownership fund" for the benefit of employees.

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The UK Parliament can (probably) block a no-deal Brexit

This briefing examines how the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 works, discusses how an alternative government may be formed following a vote of no confidence, and considers other ways Parliament could legislate to avoid no-deal.

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Growing the Green Economy: Addressing the Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities

This publication reflects the breadth and depth of the impact of environmental and sustainable factors. It looks at the impact of regulatory and legislative sustainability changes on, amongst others, corporates, banks and asset managers; the rise of climate change litigation and the developments in "green" and sustainable financial products across the world.

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Facebook's Libra currency - will unexpected tax complications scare off users?

This briefing looks at the unexpected tax complications Facebook's Libra currency presents and the potential solutions.

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UK nationalisation: The law and the cost - 2019 update

This paper considers how, as a legal matter, nationalisation would work, and the legal constraints that in practice limit a Government’s ability to nationalise for less than full market value.

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We are proud of the lawyers and business services professionals who work for us and of the service that together we provide to our clients. Join us and you will experience, first hand, the one firm, one team, approach that makes working at Clifford Chance so different.

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