Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about....more
4/1/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FTSE ,
Government Investigations ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Insider Trading ,
Mergers ,
Pay Gap ,
Race Discrimination ,
UK
Store closures and sharp declines in discretionary consumer spending are anticipated to affect non-essential retail (e.g. non-food, apparel, fashion, and luxury products). Although the picture is mixed, some retailers have...more
3/8/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Distressed Assets ,
Distressed Debt ,
Economic Downturn ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Mergers ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Strategic Partnerships ,
Strategic Planning ,
UK
On 17 April, the Competition and Markets Authority provisionally cleared Amazon’s acquisition of a minority shareholding and certain other rights in Deliveroo. This provisional decision highlights how the so-called “exiting...more
4/23/2020
/ Amazon ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Investigations ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
2020 will see companies report against the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code for the first time. Amongst other things, companies will need to explain the methods used for workforce engagement and provide clear explanations...more
1/30/2020
/ Annual Reports ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Board of Directors ,
Diversity ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Equal Pay ,
Insolvency ,
Libor ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
UK