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12 May 2022

Student Housing Conference 2022 - what did we learn?

Commercial Real Estate Partners, Ronan Ledwidge and Anthony Goodmaker, were back at this year’s Student Housing Conference - an in-person event held at the Grand Connaught Rooms on Wednesday 11 May, which brought together all the biggest names in the UK student accommodation market.

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26 April 2022

The Register of Overseas Entities – 5 steps lenders should be taking now

There has been a plethora of recent articles about the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 and its provisions which deal with the register of overseas entities, but given that the register is not yet in force and there is no suggestion as to when it will become effective, how concerned should lenders be?

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25 April 2022

The Register of Overseas Interests and Corporate Transactions

We may not yet know when the register of overseas entities (the “Register”) to be set up under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2002 (the “ECA”) will become effective, but we can be fairly certain that it will be in the not-too-distant future.

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25 March 2022

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022: Register of Overseas Entities

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “ECA”) received Royal Assent on 15 March 2022. The ECA covers three main areas – the creation of a register of overseas entities (the “Register”), amendments to the unexplained wealth orders regime, and amendments to the sanctions regime. This note provides a brief overview of the creation of the Register and what impact this will have on overseas owners of UK property.

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8 March 2022

Introduction to trusts

This note provides an introduction to discretionary trusts, and an overview of the control mechanisms that can be incorporated into a trust arrangement - including the appointment of protectors and the use of letters of wishes.

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4 March 2022

No statutory reform needed for smart legal contracts – takeaways

Towards the end of 2021, the Law Commission published its Advice to Governments: Smart Contracts, concluding that England and Wales’ current legal framework can accommodate smart legal contracts without the need for statutory reform, although there are several potential issues which require further thought.

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