We have published our half-yearly update briefing which summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation that have occurred over the last six months, that is from July to December 2020, and which are of relevance to UK listed companies. The briefing is available here. Read more

The UK ceased to be a Member State of the European Union on 31 January 2020. A transition period then applied until 31 December 2020. During the transition period, EU law continued to apply in and to the UK, and the UK continued to trade as part of the Single Market. The Brexit transition period ended … Read more

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a special Primary Market Bulletin No.32 on Brexit to remind issuers and investors of the changes to the listing regime that will take effect at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. Issuers will need to ensure that their internal policies and procedures are updated to reflect … Read more

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Handbook Notice on the changes to the Listing Rules, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, and the Prospectus Regulation Rules (and other parts of the FCA Handbook) that will take effect when the transition period for the UK’s exit from the EU ends on 31 December 2020. The Notice … Read more

The European Commission has published a Notice to Stakeholders setting out the rules that it considers will apply in the field of civil and private international law once the Brexit transition period comes to an end on 31 December 2020 (assuming no other agreement is reached). At the end of the Brexit transition period, the … Read more

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP20/12) in which it proposes to delay the introduction of the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) requirements for annual reports in the UK. Under the amended EU Transparency Directive, annual financial reports of companies which have securities listed on an EU regulated market must be … Read more

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

The UK has submitted its application to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments. Lugano currently applies as between the EU (including the UK, until the Brexit transition period comes to an end – currently scheduled for 31 December 2020) and EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland). … Read more