On 22 November 2023, an updated draft of the Short Selling Regulations 2024 was published. It provides greater detail on the United Kingdom government’s plans to reform the short sellin...
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce, partner Dan Hirschovits and counsel Joe Scrace authored “UK Takeover Code Changes: Key Points For Bidders, Targets” in Law360....
Over the last twelve months, the UK has seen plenty of interesting developments in the corporate governance sphere. This client update provides an overview of some of the key developments...
On 27 November 2023, the draft of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023 was published and laid before Parliament. Once enacted, these regulations will replace the E...
Rule 21 of the Takeover Code regulates the actions a target can and cannot take in order to ensure offers or possible offers for it are not frustrated. In keeping with its practice of rev...
On 16 October 2023, the UK government announced the withdrawal of draft corporate reporting regulations that were expected to introduce new corporate reporting obligations under the Compa...
Reforming the capital markets and regulatory framework to strengthen the UK’s position as a leading financial centre is a priority of the current government. In the last two years, ther...
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and partner and Mergers & Acquisitions co-chair Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of L...
On 19 July 2023, the UK government laid draft corporate reporting regulations before Parliament. If approved, the regulations will amend Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 to introduce new...
In July 2023, the UK government published a revised and near-final draft statutory instrument setting out a new regulatory framework for public offers of securities and admission to tradi...
