Insights

28 Sep 2017
The legal department of the future
It is a given that law firms and lawyers must embrace new technology. Yet despite the headline grabbing new technology investments within private practice, the biggest innovators need to be ... Read More
27 Oct 2017
Senior Manager Regime – A burden or a benefit worth the risk of the personal undertaking?
Amid all of the regulatory upheaval arising from Brexit, margin reform, MiFID2, Solvency II and a swathe of other regulations and directives, financial institutions and in particular individuals, defined as ... Read More
3 Mar 2018
Data Orientated Contracts
Akber Datoo explains how a new mindset is needed for contracts if they are to be effective in a data-driven world. I could begin provocatively by asking about the rationale for ... Read More
20 Mar 2018
New Model Jurisdiction Clauses for Use with ISDA Agreements
ISDA initiated a Consultation and has since published a Guide on new model clauses to the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreement. In this article, we consider the issues with ... Read More
23 Apr 2018
MiFID II – the long tail of legal documentation repapering
Once again regulatory change has exposed flaws within the vast majority of financial institutions. MiFID II may well have gone live on 3 January 2018, but significant numbers of contracts ... Read More
1 May 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018 replacing the 1995 European Data Protection Directive. The explosion of new technologies, communication platforms, social media, vendors, ... Read More
23 May 2018
Dodd-Frank rollback: now is the time for fintech to show real value
The latest on the Dodd-Frank Act shows that now is the time for fintech solutions to demonstrate their true value, argues our Managing Partner Akber Datoo on Bobsguide.
20 Jun 2018
The GDPR sticky plaster: Are organisations putting it in the right place?
The way that some organisations have reacted to the GDPR is not only rash but, most importantly, it is not future-proof; the main reason for these hasty decisions seems to ... Read More
23 Jul 2018
Legal Opinions – It is time to break the cycle of remediation
Why are financial institutions still not treating the management and refresh of close-out netting legal opinions as an essential business as usual function? D2LT explores the topic on page 89 ... Read More
24 Jul 2018
Big Data: Unlocking Value for Legal Services
With the Information Commissioner’s Office stating that “big data is no fad” and the FCA recognising it as one of its priority areas for 2018/19, ‘big data’ is a pervasive agent ... Read More
3 Aug 2018
Taking a Pragmatic Approach to Smart Contracts
Momentum appears to be building for the adoption of smart contracts. Smart contracts offer compelling benefits – from streamlining to automation of the contracting process – and they have the ... Read More
10 Sep 2018
Blockchain and the GDPR – Irreconcilable Foes or A Partnership with Great Potential?
At first glance, blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may seem like they would be wholly unrelated, complete strangers.But as applications of blockchain expand into the mainstream– payments, ... Read More