6/2/2026 10:27:06 AM PREFERENCE SHARES IN ITALIAN CORPORATE STRUCTURES: WHAT TAX RULING 90/2026 MEANS FOR INVESTORS By Toni Marciante Italian preferred equity has never been more attractive to private equity sponsors and capital providers. But a recent ruling from the...
3/13/2026 1:58:21 PM The Rise of Platform Financing in Energy, Infrastructure and Beyond By Stuart Rowson Ally McKechnie Pascal Despard Matt Bastion +1 more... Show less The energy and infrastructure sector continues to evolve at pace, driven by the global push for energy security, resilient digital...
2/2/2026 2:12:29 PM Key takeaways from the London M&A Forum: Dealmaking on new terms By Elizabeth Bieber Kate Cooper Andrew Hutchings Gayle Klein Oliver Lazenby Julian Long Alan Mason Martin McElwee Piers Prichard Jones Julian Pritchard Victoria Sigeti Claire Wills Christine Wilson +10 more... Show less Global M&A is moving again. The difference, as the inaugural Freshfields London M&A Forum made clear, is that dealmaking is no longer...
1/23/2026 2:26:17 PM Private Capital Finance: Outlook for 2026 By Mark Davis Florian Klimscha Marvin Knapp Allison Liff Alex Mitchell Damian Ridealgh Paul Stewart Kelsey Avery Marie Boudard Catalina Ford Nina Heym Francesca Loreto Salil Navapurkar Christopher Schlöder +11 more... Show less As the private capital finance landscape and, in particular, the private credit market, continues its rapid evolution, what key themes...
8/12/2024 3:05:00 PM FCA consultation on UK prospectus regime reform – key changes for DCM issuers By Duncan Kellaway Peter Allen Stephan Pachinger Reena Parmar +1 more... Show less The FCA is consulting on proposals for the new UK public offers and admission to trading regime. CP 24/12 sets out the FCA’s proposed...
5/2/2024 10:46:17 AM High Yield and Leveraged Finance in Europe By Haden Henderson Simone Bono Michael Josenhans Marvin Knapp Lindsay Hingston +2 more... Show less On 25 April, Freshfields hosted AFME’s European High Yield and Leveraged Finance Frankfurt Seminar in our Frankfurt office. Lead by...
2/29/2024 3:23:43 PM Building a greener tomorrow: strategies for decarbonising the built environment in the UK By Hannah Etim-Gorst Tom Wallis Shiyao Zhu Lydia Kent-Smith Jake Reynolds Holly Housden +3 more... Show less With approximately 40 per cent of carbon emissions arising from the built environment, countries across the world are coming together in...
11/23/2023 10:23:59 AM Capital Solutions for Real Estate By Tom Wallis Roger Schofield Real Estate sponsors looking to refinance or exit their investments are doing so in a significantly changed environment from when their...
4/17/2023 10:39:12 AM Launch of the 2022 ISDA Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions By Richard Hart Matthew Dodwell Voluntary carbon trading markets are growing as emissions-producing businesses formulate plans to reach net zero. The legal and...
9/20/2022 11:02:09 AM Part 1: Sustainability-linked Derivatives – an introduction By Jia Wu Edmund Barber Richard Hart The increasing global focus on sustainability issues, and subsequent rising interest in ESG-linked financial instruments, has brought...
2/28/2022 4:00:10 PM Russia / Ukraine conflict – what are the implications for your corporate finance transactions? By Reena Parmar Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Martin Hutchings Richard Hart +2 more... Show less Early on Thursday 24 February 2022, it was reported that Russian forces had commenced a military operation in Ukraine. Although...
2/7/2022 1:29:36 PM Hedging employee share scheme obligations – key considerations for UK listed plcs By Richard Hart Matthew Dodwell As volatility spikes in the equity markets, UK listed corporates have been taking a proactive approach to hedging the resulting increase...