Ahead of The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations”) taking effect on April 6, 2022, the U.K. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...more
The U.K. Parliament has approved climate-related disclosure requirements that were announced by the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) on 28 October 2021 (see our 18 November 2021 alert...more
To assist in-scope UK companies comply with the new mandatory climate-related financial disclosures when reporting next year, the Government has published some helpful non-binding guidance. Separately, the first report...more
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced on 28 October 2021 that new climate-related disclosure requirements had been laid before the Houses of Parliament. The proposals, contained in...more
On 27 October 2021, HM Treasury, BEIS and HMRC published a consultation paper seeking views on proposals for a UK re-domiciliation regime under which foreign-incorporated companies could change their place of incorporation to...more
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) recently published a consultation paper titled “Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance”, proposing substantial and long-awaited reforms to the UK...more
TCFD Mandatory Disclosures - The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a Consultation on requiring mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by large publicly quoted companies,...more
The government has published the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the ‘Bill’) which contains draft legislation on how companies can hold their 2020 AGM in light of the pandemic. Once implemented, these measures will...more
In light of the UK government’s lockdown measures and the COVID-19 pandemic, there are key issues English public companies should consider for their annual general meetings (AGMs) while awaiting further legislation and...more
On 28 March the UK Government announced that it will introduce legislation to ensure that companies can hold Annual General Meetings (AGMs) safely. Legislation is currently being drafted but in the interim, the FRC and BEIS...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, US and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more
On 16 July 2018, the UK’s independent corporate governance, accounting and audit regulator, the Financial Reporting Council (the FRC), published a revised edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCGC) and supporting...more
Companies should conduct thorough due diligence in light of closer scrutiny from stakeholders and governmental and non-governmental bodies. Companies are facing increasing pressure to report on environmental, social, and...more
A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. This month's...more
Beneficial ownership - BEIS call for evidence on register of beneficial owners of overseas entities - In March 2016, BEIS published a discussion paper which outlined a range of proposals to enhance the transparency of...more
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recently published a Green Paper on options for future corporate governance reform. The Government’s stated objective is to put in place “the right checks...more