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Research Date 5 Jan 2021 New US consumer debt collection regulations are a boon for larger players Unnoticed by most amidst the tragedies and dramas of 2020, US regulators last month completed a years-long effort to update the rules surrounding the unglamorous but important function of collecting... Read more
Podcast Date 5 Jan 2021 Brexit Deal - what we know so far - 24 December 2020 This conversation is based on publicly available information and previous draft texts at 5pm on Christmas Eve 2020. Stephen Adams, Senior Director and Denzil Davidson, Practice Lead, Financial Services and... Read more
Research Date 23 Dec 2020 Global Counsel Holiday Reading List 2020 At the end of each year, the Global Counsel team has a tradition of sharing among ourselves a selection of our favourite articles (or podcasts) from the past year for... Read more
Research Date 21 Dec 2020 Ukraine’s tech plans - high hopes and ambivalent expectations Ukraine, known for its skilled IT workforce, has recently suffered from a brain drain of young IT talent. The government now hopes that the launch of its ambitious IT project... Read more
Report Date 16 Dec 2020 Reviewing Germany’s EU presidency with Olaf Scholz On a recent Global Counsel digital event, Lord Mandelson and German Vice Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, discussed the work of the German presidency, the EU’s strategic autonomy and German politics. Mr... Read more
Research Date 15 Dec 2020 Is there any room left for progressives in Biden’s cabinet? Although less than half of President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet has been announced, progressives are already becoming impatient. “Joe Biden’s Cabinet Is a Lost Cause for the Left” reads the headline... Read more
Report Date 11 Dec 2020 Growth and sustainability of MedTech SMEs Promoting the growth and sustainability of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) has long been a UK government priority with a compelling policy story: alongside recognisable corporate giants in the... Read more
Research Date 11 Dec 2020 Biden picks Congressional staffer for top trade post President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly decided to nominate long-time Congressional staffer, Katherine Tai, to be the US Trade Representative (USTR), the lead trade negotiator for the administration. Tai has served... Read more
Research Date 9 Dec 2020 What we can learn from the rush to repay the business rates relief Last week, the UK supermarket chain Tesco decided to repay £585m of business rates relief received in the covid-19 pandemic. Other major UK supermarkets and retailers rapidly followed. By Friday... Read more
Report Date 8 Dec 2020 The future of physical retail As the national lockdown ends and the UK government promises a substantial return to normality by Easter, the big question for retail is what “normal” even looks like. On a... Read more
Report Date 7 Dec 2020 Prospects for UK recovery: vaccines versus the second wave Gregor Irwin, Chief Economist, examines the prospects for the UK recovery from covid-19 in the wake of the rollout of vaccines, looking at the immediate prospects for recovery, longer term... Read more
Research Date 4 Dec 2020 Strategic autonomy and openness: how the digital revolution is shaping up in Europe As the digital revolution enters a new phase, policymakers across the world must work out what it means for their old assumptions about how to run their economies and conduct... Read more
Podcast Date 4 Dec 2020 Brussels woos Biden Stephen Adams, Senior Director, Tom White, Director, and Miranda Lutz, Senior Associate, discuss the tensions in the EU's published strategy for rapprochement with the incoming Biden administration, what it means... Read more
Research Date 26 Nov 2020 Balancing innovation, pricing and supply chain resilience in the EU Pharma Strategy The pharmaceutical strategy published on Wednesday outlines the European Commission’s plan for the sector over the next five years. Its central message is clear: the EU needs to increase cooperation... Read more
Research Date 25 Nov 2020 As Biden’s cabinet takes shape, Yellen’s appointment as Treasury Secretary emphasises stability over ideology With President-elect Joe Biden’s transition officially underway following the certification of voting results in several key battleground states, Biden has shifted his focus to naming his Cabinet and other key... Read more
Research Date 25 Nov 2020 Money, power and respect in the EU’s latest crisis After relief at the agreement on EU spending priorities for 2021-27, the Brussels establishment was caught off-guard last week by vetoes from Hungary and Poland over the obscure-sounding “rule of... Read more
Research Date 20 Nov 2020 Nature-based solutions: cost-effective and credible? Not all solutions for mitigation and adaptation to climate change are technological. So-called ‘nature-based’ solutions are rapidly increasing in prominence, successfully breaking through conservation circles to mainstream policy since the... Read more
Research Date 18 Nov 2020 Adaptation and resilience: Who builds? Who pays? Over the last few years, climate finance investment has focused on mitigation over adaptation and resilience. A few things are probably driving this. One is the sense that adaptation and... Read more