Australasia

Earlier this year, the governments of India and the United Kingdom announced trade and investment deals (an enhanced trade partnership, or ETP), seen as paving the way for a free trade agreement between the nations, in the future. This reciprocal relationship between what is possibly the world’s fifth and sixth largest economies, bodes well for the economies of both countries, leaving the nations hopeful for a recovery in these troubled times.

The UK and Australia have reached agreement in principle on a free trade agreement, recognising the strong existing relationship between the two countries. While the details remain to be fleshed out, the move has been heralded as an important next step for the UK. It marks the first trade agreement that the UK has reached separately from the existing EU suite.

The deal will support private equity investors to understand the technological infrastructure and processes of any digitally enabled business in a wide range of sectors.

The impact of the COVID pandemic on working arrangements has meant that UK employers are increasingly likely to have staff working remotely from overseas. We have teamed up with experts from our best friend firm Graf von Westphalen, to explain the key legal issues to address where the worker is based in Germany.