The UK’s new public offer platform regime allows companies to use electronic platforms, operated by firms authorised by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, to offer securities to a ...
With the implementation of the UK’s new prospectus regime on January 19, 2026, five years of debate, consultations and reform to improve the competitiveness of the UK capital markets re...
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 Governa...
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 ...
