This half-yearly update briefing summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation which have occurred over the last six months and which will be of relevance to UK listed companies. Please click here to see the briefing.   Read more

Updates recently added to our Corporate Notes blog include the latest developments for corporate practitioners regarding Covid-19; details of the latest FCA market abuse enforcement action; and our latest consolidated public M&A update. Read more

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has censured Redcentric PLC for market abuse. Redcentric has agreed to pay compensation to affected investors. The FCA found that Redcentric, which is admitted to trading on AIM, issued unaudited interim results in November 2015 and audited final year results in June 2016 which materially misstated its net debt position … Read more

We have published an overview of recent developments in public M&A in the UK. It covers recent market activity and the latest developments of interest to public M&A practitioners, including the ruling by the Takeover Panel that a bidder could not invoke a condition to its offer for Moss Bros, and changes to the foreign … Read more

Further guidance for companies has been published in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Company meetings Shareholder meetings – Relaxations to the company meeting requirements contained in the Companies Act 2006 (as well as the meeting requirements for certain other entities) came into force on 26 June 2020. Under the relaxations, which were made by the … Read more

In our latest public M&A podcast, Mark Bardell and Antonia Kirkby discuss conditions to a takeover offer and in particular: what the UK Takeover Panel will allow bidders to include as a condition to an offer; and when it will allow a bidder to invoke a condition to an offer, in particular a “material adverse … Read more

Updates recently added to our Corporate Notes blog include the latest developments for corporate practitioners regarding Covid-19; amendments to the UK merger control regime targeting foreign direct investment; and the draft Regulation published by the European Commission in respect to the takeover exemption. Read more

Further guidance for companies has been published in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Corporate reporting FRC Lab reports – The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab has published two reports which seek to give companies practical guidance on corporate reporting, and investor expectations, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 – Resources, action, the … Read more