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Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Frechills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, with 26 offices across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the US. Our clients trust us with their most important transactions, disputes and projects because of our ability to cut through complexity and mitigate risk. We are one of the largest fully integrated law firms in Asia Pacific and are one of the world's top ranked and most experienced energy & resources firms; a globally pre-eminent firm in litigation, arbitration and contentious regulatory work; and an international leader in M&A, private equity, capital markets, infrastructure and banking and finance.

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More than meets the eye: a new UK regime for critical third parties: what does it mean for regulated firms?

Financial services regulators across the globe are considering how to regulate in some way cloud providers and other information and tech service companies (critical third parties (CTPs)) which many banks and other financial institutions rely on heavily for critical services. While the European Union’s new Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) imposes new requirements on both CTPs and the regulated firms which use their services, the UK has started the ball rolling on a new CTP regime aimed only at the CTPs themselves. The UK regulators’ proposals for their part in the new regime are out for consultation. We take a look at some key areas of the proposals which remain unclear from the financial sector’s perspective.

1 FEB 2024

Coaching and the corporate witness

In this In Practice article, James Barrett considers several key practices which can help a corporate witness to prepare for giving evidence including to courts and public inquiries.

1 DEC 2023
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