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Stay updated with the latest legal and regulatory changes during Trump's second presidency and what these mean for the business landscape.

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Apr 07, 2025

London Stock Exchange Discussion paper – Shaping the future of AIM

The ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of London’s markets, AIM has been a central feature of UK capital markets for the last 30 years providing growing companies with access to capital and liquidity. Now the London Stock Exchange would like stakeholders to provide feedback on the overall functioning and positioning of AIM along with input on a number of specific proposals for changes to the AIM Rules. Comments are requested by 16 June 2025. After significant reform to the UK Listing Rules, this discussion paper is the next step in getting the UK’s capital markets ecosystem ‘match fit’. With AIM companies contributing approximatel…
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Apr 04, 2025

New Mexico Poised to Ban Certain PFAS in Consumer Products

If HB 212 is signed by Governor Lujan Grisham, New Mexico would become only the third state to enact a ban on intentionally added PFAS in all categories of consumer products.  However, in an important departure from similar laws in Maine and Minnesota, New Mexico has exempted fluoropolymer PFAS (including compounds like PTFE) from the ban.
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Apr 03, 2025

AI in IA

Ask a trained lawyer what an “LLM” is, and what first will come to mind may be a “Master of Laws”; ask a tech-savvy teenager what an “LLM” is, and they most probably will answer “large language model”. The former may not be a prerequisite to becoming a qualified lawyer, but knowledge of the latter likely will be crucial for legal practitioners in the coming years. LLMs / Generative AI are on the rise. OpenAI ChatGPT. Microsoft Copilot. Anthropic Claude. Meta AI Llama. Perplexity. Google Gemini. xAI Grok. Quora Poe. DeepSeek. And bespoke legal AI tools, of course, also are on the rise. Harvey. Thomson Reuters CoC…
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Apr 02, 2025

Revitalising the EU Securitisation Market

The European Union's securitisation market has struggled to reach its full potential despite the introduction of the Securitisation Regulation (SECR) in 2019. While the market has shown modest growth in recent years, particularly in synthetic securitisations following the introduction of the Simple, Transparent, and Standardised (STS) framework for on-balance-sheet transactions in 2021, it remains significantly smaller than pre-2008 levels and highly concentrated in a few Member States. The Joint Committee (JC) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has published on Monday, 31 March 2025, a comprehensive r…

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Apr 07, 2025
London Stock Exchange Discussion paper – Shaping the future of AIM
The ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of London’s markets, AIM has been a central feature of UK capital markets for the last 30 years providing growing companies with access to capital and liquidity. Now the London Stock Exchange would like stakeholders to provide feedback on the overall functioning and positioning of AIM along with input on a number of specific proposals for changes to the AIM Rules. Comments are requested by 16 June 2025. After significant reform to the UK Listing Rules, this discussion paper is the next step in getting the UK’s capital markets ecosystem ‘match fit’. With AIM companies contributing approximatel…
News
Apr 04, 2025
BCLP advises Angel Trains Limited on multi-million pound Rolling Stock Investment
Blog Post
Apr 04, 2025
New Mexico Poised to Ban Certain PFAS in Consumer Products
If HB 212 is signed by Governor Lujan Grisham, New Mexico would become only the third state to enact a ban on intentionally added PFAS in all categories of consumer products.  However, in an important departure from similar laws in Maine and Minnesota, New Mexico has exempted fluoropolymer PFAS (including compounds like PTFE) from the ban.
Insights
Apr 04, 2025
New UK consumer protection regime to go live 6 April 2025
Insights
Apr 03, 2025
AI in IA
Ask a trained lawyer what an “LLM” is, and what first will come to mind may be a “Master of Laws”; ask a tech-savvy teenager what an “LLM” is, and they most probably will answer “large language model”. The former may not be a prerequisite to becoming a qualified lawyer, but knowledge of the latter likely will be crucial for legal practitioners in the coming years. LLMs / Generative AI are on the rise. OpenAI ChatGPT. Microsoft Copilot. Anthropic Claude. Meta AI Llama. Perplexity. Google Gemini. xAI Grok. Quora Poe. DeepSeek. And bespoke legal AI tools, of course, also are on the rise. Harvey. Thomson Reuters CoC…
News
Apr 03, 2025
BCLP advises Terrestrial Energy Inc. in Milestone move to become first publicly traded molten salt nuclear reactor developer
Awards
Apr 03, 2025
BCLP Managing Partner Heather Boelens Named to ColoradoBiz 2025 Power List
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Apr 02, 2025
Revitalising the EU Securitisation Market
The European Union's securitisation market has struggled to reach its full potential despite the introduction of the Securitisation Regulation (SECR) in 2019. While the market has shown modest growth in recent years, particularly in synthetic securitisations following the introduction of the Simple, Transparent, and Standardised (STS) framework for on-balance-sheet transactions in 2021, it remains significantly smaller than pre-2008 levels and highly concentrated in a few Member States. The Joint Committee (JC) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has published on Monday, 31 March 2025, a comprehensive r…
News
Apr 01, 2025
BCLP Appoints Karen Mitchell as Chief People Officer and Trevor Varnes as Chief Operating Officer, Supporting Firm’s Continued Growth Strategy