Key trends -
We are now over half way through the year and moving towards the end of the AGM season. The trends which we identified at the start of the year have generally continued. Most companies have chosen to hold a...more
Refinitiv, Q1 2022 Adviser Rankings, US law firms, September 2021 We continue to track the approach FTSE 350 companies are taking to the holding of their AGMs. We have set out in our snapshot the approach companies have taken...more
2021 has been an exceptional year for the London Corporate team at White & Case, with a strong performance across the practice, including White & Case advising on nearly 50 deals involving publicly listed companies in the UK...more
1/5/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
UK
Key Trends:
◾ Since August 2021, AGMs where shareholders were actively encouraged not to attend have become less common. Most companies are instead holding their meetings with physical attendance neither actively...more
PE dominance -
Private equity and family offices are exerting increasing influence over public takeovers in the UK, with public to private transactions ("P2Ps") making up more than 2/3 of all bids in H1 2021 and...more
10/11/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Bids ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholders ,
Takeover Bids ,
UK
One -
Latest data from the Investment Association has shown investors plunged nearly four times the amount of cash into responsible investment funds in 2020 than they did in 2019. Responsible investment funds saw net...more
This briefing is the second in our series of briefings on corporate governance and is designed to provide a synopsis of topical corporate governance matters impacting companies in the United Kingdom. This briefing tracks the...more
11/30/2020
/ BEIS ,
Board of Directors ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SMCR ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
As companies look to plan their FY 2020 annual report and prepare for the 2021 AGM season, we have reflected on our experience in 2020. We summarise below key learnings and what we think will undoubtedly be on the agenda and...more
10/27/2020
/ Annual Meeting ,
Annual Reports ,
CIGA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Pensions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Remuneration ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholder Votes ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UK ,
UK Insolvency Act
Private equity-backed takeovers of listed companies in Western Europe have enjoyed several strong years, with deal value rising year on year from 2013 to reach a total of US$38.8 billion in 2019. Volume followed a similar...more
On 20 March 2020, the UK Government published its Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the "Bill") which amends certain aspects of current insolvency and governance legislation to provide businesses with the flexibility...more
Since our last Client Alert on Practical considerations: the impact of COVID-19 on the holding of annual general meetings, the UK Government has issued its compulsory "Stay at Home Measures" prompting ICSA to issue...more
The steps recommended by the Government to combat the effects of the Coronavirus ("COVID-19"), in particular the recommendation to avoid large public gatherings, are likely to have an impact on the format of annual general...more