As UK companies prepare for the publication of their year-end annual reports and to hold their annual shareholder meetings, this client update provides an overview of some of the key deve...
Recent and upcoming changes affecting UK executive compensation include the Employment Rights Act 2025; possible reform of post termination non-compete clauses; the UK government’s budget; ...
This week the Takeover Panel published amendments (RS 2025/1) to the Takeover Code in response to its consultation (PCP 2025/1) on the application of the rules to dual-class share structu...
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and partner and Mergers & Acquisitions co-chair Louis Goldberg are contributing editors of Lexology’s Panoramic: Private M&A 2026...
On 26 August 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority approved the London Stock Exchange as the first operator of a PISCES. PISCES is the world’s first regulated private stock market that ...
Against the backdrop of increased global focus on climate-related disclosures, there have been several recent developments in the UK’s sustainability reporting landscape. These include ...
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce, partner Gordon Milne and counsel Joe Scrace authored “What new UK stub equity rules will mean for PE bidders” in Law360. In th...
Since 2021, successive governments and regulators have focused on reform of the UK’s capital markets and regulatory framework to strengthen the UK’s position as a leading financial ce...
The Takeover Panel has published a new Practice Statement on unlisted share alternatives, commonly referred to as “stub equity” offers. This update summarises the key points from the ...
