United Kingdom: UK IP law provides statutory protection for trade marks, copyright, patents and designs. Registration is administered by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) where applicable and there is automatic protection for certain rights (notably copyright and unregistered designs).

United Kingdom: The UK comprises three separate legal jurisdictions: England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This note focuses on England & Wales and Scotland.

United Kingdom: Environmental impacts, human rights and workplace safety are closely regulated under UK legislation.

United Kingdom: Under UK law, directors generally owe their duties to the company. However, when a company is insolvent or is likely to become insolvent, directors must also have regard to the interests of the company's creditors.

United Kingdom: Private acquisitions of UK businesses are similar in substance to those in many other jurisdictions. Features of UK acquisition agreements which may differ from other jurisdictions include a damages-based approach to remedies for breach of warranty (rather than indemnity-based) and EU-derived employment protections.

United Kingdom: The UK has three distinct jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Parliament is the supreme law-making body in the UK.

New Zealand: New Zealand faces a significant infrastructure deficit. Closing that gap today would require approximately $200 billion in investment to match the standards of comparable OECD countries. In recent years we have spent money we can ill-afford changing our minds about projects that were poorly conceived from the start.

Norton Rose Fulbright represented MUFG Bank Ltd. on the US$236 million financing of Vesper Energy’s 201-megawatt Nazareth Solar project in Swisher County, Texas.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright’s cross‑border US and UK team has secured a successful precedent setting outcome for Qualcomm in the £480 million collective proceedings brought by consumers’ association Which? before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal).

Draft rules clarify the process and what trustees and employers need to do to release surplus.

In Oceanus Capital SARL v Lloyd's Insurance Company S.A. (M/V "Vyssos") [2025] EWHC 3293 (Comm), the Commercial Court held that a mortgagee lender was entitled to claim under a Mortgagee's Interest Insurance (commonly known as “MII”) policy where owners had forged additional insurance cover, leading to the non-payment under the existing insurance cover following the constructive total loss of a vessel.

Ukraine: On May 27, 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution No. 508 р, which amends CMU Resolution No. 298 p dated April 1, 2026 (Auction Quota Resolution).

Europe: The EU legislature is under considerable pressure to adopt before summer recess the AI Omnibus—the legislative package to simplify, streamline and delay the rollout of certain strict provisions within the EU AI Act. 

South Korea: This newsletter outlines practical implications for working-hour management, focusing on a recent Supreme Court decision concerning the deemed working hours system and the government’s guidelines on preventing the misuse of comprehensive wage schemes to eradicate unpaid labor.

United Kingdom: Welcome to Dentons' Payments and Retail Lending Insights. In these insights, we highlight key UK developments relevant to firms operating in the payments and retail lending sectors, helping you stay informed on emerging issues and ongoing workstreams.

United Kingdom: The UK's implementation of Basel 3.1 is due to come into effect from 1 January 2027. Ahead of this, in our latest episode of Regulation Rules the World, we examine what the changes will be and what this means for how banks manage their capital requirements. Listen in to hear some of what we are seeing banks already thinking about and what changes to approach may be needed.

Taking place shortly after the EU Equal Pay and Pay Transparency Directive’s implementation date of 7 June, we are pleased to invite you to the third edition of our pay transparency webinar series, hosted by our employment and labor law team of experts in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Slovakia.

Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Co-Head of International Arbitration Kevin O’Gorman has been named vice chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, an institute of the Center for American and International Law.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been named on Minnesota’s Top Workplaces list, ranking ninth among the top large companies statewide and as the highest-ranked law firm.