Davis Polk partner and Europe practice co-head Will Pearce served as the contributing editor of Lexology’s 16th edition of In-Depth: Corporate Governance (formerly The Corporate Governance Review), a comprehensive overview of the corporate governance regimes in key jurisdictions worldwide. Through the lens of recent trends and developments, it examines the most consequential rules relating to board composition and practices, director duties, reporting and disclosure requirements, corporate responsibility, shareholder rights and duties, and more.

Will Pearce, counsel Neil Sharpe and associate Sophie Vacikar Bessisso also contributed the guide’s UK chapter. 

Read the Editor’s preface and UK chapter

The editor’s preface and UK chapter was first published in In-Depth: Corporate Governance, Sixteenth Edition (Published: April 2026). For further information, please visit lexology.com.