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Companies can claim privilege against their shareholders In a landmark judgment, the Commercial Court has decided that a company’s shareholders have no freestanding entitlement to see the company’s privileged documents. The decision, which revisits what many considered a long-established rule of English law,...
Demergers: Unlocking value
The interesting link between office occupancy and employment policy In this Horizon Scanning episode, Jane Edwarde and Phil Linnard are joined by Lee Elliott, Global Head of Occupier Research at Knight Frank.   They discuss the evolving relationship between office occupation and employment policy, particularly in the...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 28 November 2024
More risk, more reward: Financial regulators publish consultation paper on bank remuneration reform Following the global financial crisis, the UK implemented a highly structured regulatory regime for bank remuneration in line with the EU’s approach under the Capital Requirement Directives. In some respects, this regime went further than the rules in...
Employment Bulletin - November 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: Employment Rights Bill; general workforce consultation on individual redundancy dismissal; pre-termination negotiations inadmissible in unfair dismissal claim; new offence of failure to prevent fraud
Pensions Essentials - November 2024
Corporate Update Bulletin - 28 November 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
The IP Brief - November 2024 Welcome to The IP Brief – a quarterly update of key IP cases and news, with a primarily UK and EU focus.
EU Listing Act - Key changes for Debt Capital Markets On 14 November 2024, a package of reforms known as the EU Listing Act (the “EU Listing Act”) was published in the EU Official Journal. The EU Listing Act is aimed at making the EU public capital markets more attractive for EU companies and at encouraging...
Improving access to EU Capital Markets: Changes to the EU prospectus and market abuse regimes Following the recent publication in the EU Official Journal of a package of legislation known collectively as the EU Listing Act, we now have a clearer picture of how and when the EU prospectus regime, market abuse regime and certain other EU capital...
In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions - 18th edition - United Kingdom This UK Overview in the thirteenth edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review is one of 28 chapters in the Review which provides a richer understanding of the shape of the global markets, and the challenges and opportunities facing market...
In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions - 18th edition - EU Overview The Eighteen Edition of In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions (formerly The Mergers & Acquisitions Review) provides a practical overview of global M&A activity and the legal and regulatory frameworks governing M&A transactions in major...
BLOG: How do you value an APA after the Court of Appeal's decision in Refinitiv? Transfer pricing experts are used to grappling with some tricky valuation questions when it comes to intellectual property rights.  After all, to quote (butcher?) the old Ronseal adverts, “hard to value intangibles” do exactly what it says on the tin...
Loan Market Association launches draft provisions for green loans In May 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA) published draft provisions for sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). Over a year on and the LMA has now turned its attention to drafting for use of proceeds loans, with green loans first on the agenda.