Below is our quarterly briefing covering the most important developments for UK PLCs, UK equity capital markets and UK public M&A.
In this issue, we review:
- Primary Market Bulletin 54 — Strategic leaks and unlawful...more
In 2024, in line with our predictions from last year, the UK public takeover market saw a sharp increase in the number of megadeals, i.e., those valued in excess of £1 billion. Seventeen such transactions were announced in...more
On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more
4/25/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Investment ,
Listing Rules ,
Mergers ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
UK
In this update, we provide four predictions for the UK public M&A landscape in 2024, considering key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding UK public takeovers announced during 2023....more
This guide summarises certain key provisions of the Code with a focus on issues that are likely to be of particular concern to a bidder. Although reference is made to other statutory and regulatory instruments and regimes,...more
3/17/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Board of Directors ,
Companies Act ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Mergers ,
Section 8 ,
Securities ,
Shareholders ,
UK ,
UK Companies Acts