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UK White Collar Crime: 2025 Year-End Roundup

2025 marked a watershed in UK white collar crime enforcement and corporate compliance. With the introduction of the "failure to prevent fraud" offence, organisations face a new and more dangerous landscape of criminal liability.

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

Behind Every Company Is A Person - And Now They Must Be Verified

Since 2016, UK companies have had to keep a record of the people who own or control them. This is called a Person of Significant Control register, or PSC register.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Barnes Law

Can Shareholders Force Circulation Of A Written Resolution? Webster v ESMS Global Ltd [2025] EWHC 3107 (Ch)

In Webster v ESMS Global Ltd [2025] EWHC 3107 (Ch), the High Court confirmed that shareholders have an enforceable right to require the circulation of written resolutions...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Barnes Law

UK Pensions In Dispute - December 2025

Welcome to our quarterly pensions litigation briefing, designed to help pensions managers identify key risks in scheme administration, and trustees update their knowledge and understanding.

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Takeover Panel Confirms Changes Relating To Dual Class Share Structures, IPOs And Share Buybacks

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

CSRD And CSDDD Version 2.0 – The EU's Sustainability Framework Redefined

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

High Court Dismisses Claim By Danish Tax Authority Seeking Recovery Of £1.4 Billion Of Dividend Withholding Tax Refund Paid Under Invalid Claims From Cum-ex Trading

United Kingdom Tax

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Foot On The Brake For Europe's EV Transition

European Union Transport

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

EU's Omnibus I Package: Major Changes To Corporate Sustainability Reporting And Due Diligence – What Multinationals Need To Know

European Union Commercial

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Private Equity – PERG Annual Report On Compliance With The Walker Guidelines

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Governance – Report On Use Of Pre-Emption Group Statement Of Principles

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Governance – Pensions UK Updated Voting Guidelines For 2026

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Agreement On The CSRD/CS3D Omnibus Package: Key Changes And Implications

European Union Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Corporate Law Update: 13 - 19 December 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

The EU's Digital Omnibus: Everything You Need To Know

European Union Technology

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Ius Laboris

S6:E3 – The Fight For LGBTQ+ Rights In The UK Isn't Over: Peter Darrant (Video)

United Kingdom Government

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Square One

EU Digital Omnibus Proposals To Reform Data And AI Laws – The Leaked Version

United Kingdom Privacy

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Addleshaw Goddard

Navigating FX Hedging In 2025: Strategies For A Turbulent Market

United Kingdom Finance

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AlixPartners

When Can Social Care Legally Remove Your Children? (4 December 2025) (Video)

United Kingdom Family

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Trade Benefit Test: A Win For The Taxpayer In Boulting v HMRC

Share buybacks can be an important tool for shareholders to extract value and for companies to remove shareholders.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Red Hand Doctrine: A New Label And A High Bar

The red hand, or onerous clause, doctrine—which says that an onerous term will not be given effect unless the other party's attention has been specifically drawn to it—is not lightly to be invoked, according to the Court of Appeal.

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

S6:E4 – Homelessness Isn't What You Think: Lived Experience, Leadership, And Real Change | CEO Sleepout (Video)

How can lived experience and business leadership come together to tackle homelessness?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Square One

First Vets, Now Dentists: Does The CMA Have PE Roll-ups In Its Sights For Competition Enforcement

The UK government has asked the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") to consider a review of the private dental market, focusing on local competition, consumer choice and value for money

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: December 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

How UK's Competition Law Could Impact Netflix's Proposed Acquisition Of Warner Bros Discovery

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Square One

Court Allows Access To Shareholder Register For Purpose Of Making "Mini-tender" Offer

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Legal Requirements For UK Retail Distribution Agreements

United Kingdom Commercial

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LegalVision

What Licences Do I Need to Operate My Business?

United Kingdom Commercial

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LegalVision

Talking Trends: The Annual Download And 2026 On The Horizon

United Kingdom Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

New SFO Guidance Clarifies Approach To Compliance Procedures

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

What Is Considered A "Proper Purpose" When Making A S.116 Request To Inspect Or Obtain A Copy Of A Company's Register Of Members?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

A New Charity Governance Code: What Does It Mean For Academy Trusts?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Ahead Of The Curve: Assessing The Impact And Implications Arising From The UK's New Prospectus Regime

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

New SFO Guidance Clarifies Approach To Compliance Procedures

The guidance restates familiar principles, but now folds in the new "failure to prevent fraud" regime under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

What Is Considered A "Proper Purpose" When Making A S.116 Request To Inspect Or Obtain A Copy Of A Company's Register Of Members?

Under s.116(2) of the Companies Act 2006, any person may require a copy of a company's register of members, or of any part of it, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

A New Charity Governance Code: What Does It Mean For Academy Trusts?

The new Code was published at the end of October 2025.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Ahead Of The Curve: Assessing The Impact And Implications Arising From The UK's New Prospectus Regime

After our usual round up of the latest regulatory developments, this session considered the UK's new public offers and admissions to trading regime, set to apply from January 19, 2026.

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Family Business- Successful Succession

United Kingdom Commercial

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Giambrone & Partners

Corporate Law Update: 6 - 12 December 2025

Among other things, clause 82 of the Finance Bill will bring into effect the new exemption from stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT) for newly listed securities, announced...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Path To Market | 2026 Enterprise Software Technology Predictions Report

Chapter 2: Path to market—Considering how AI is changing the way software is sold and priced

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

2026 Enterprise Software Technology Predictions Report

Chapter 3: Strategic implications—Confronting new valuation realities and adapting business models needed to survive

Worldwide Technology

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AlixPartners

Be Ready For Requests To Access Your Company's Data

For public authorities, and some private sector entities operating within the public sector or performing certain functions, have the additional burden of being subject to Freedom of Information legislation.

United Kingdom Privacy

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Burness Paull

Enterprise Software At An Inflection Point, As AI Reshapes The Industry

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

CCI Final Rules: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Consumer

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Burness Paull

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: The Commission's SFDR Proposal Fails To Deliver Clarity

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Trust Data On The UK Register Of Overseas Entities Opens To Public Access On Request

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

Europe Strikes A Deal: Provisional Agreement On The Omnibus I Directive

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

EU Data Act: New Model Contract Terms And Standard Clauses To Facilitate Data Sharing And Cloud Switching

United Kingdom Privacy

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: November 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK ASA Rules Unqualified "Sustainable" Fashion Google Ads Misleading: What Brands Must Do Now

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

The Benefits Of EMI Share Option Plans And Why More Companies Should Take Advantage Of Them

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

English High Court Rules That Party Has De Facto Control Over Third Party Documents For Disclosure Obligations

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

SFO Issues "Refreshed" Guidance On Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programmes

United Kingdom Commercial

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Steptoe LLP

The Omnibus Reaches Its Destination: CSRD And CS3D 2.0

European Union Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Travers Smith's Venture Insights: Behind The UK Budget Headlines – Impacts On Venture

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

UK SFO New Corporate Compliance Guidance: What It Means For In-house Legal Teams

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Supreme Court Clarifies Liability For Equitable Compensation For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Key Changes In The Newly Revised JPF Guide

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Walkers

Guernsey Updates The Private Investment Fund (PIF) Regime

Guernsey Finance

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Walkers

Guernsey Companies: A Brief Guide

United Kingdom Tax

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Verfides

Guernsey Foundations: A Brief Guide

Guernsey Wealth Mgt

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Verfides

Introduction Of Registry Of Overseas Entities Owning UK Real Estate

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Verfides

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Guernsey Finance

Episode 14: Shaking Up The World Of Private Equity (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Incontra Gianluigi Cassandra: Avvocato Italo-Britannico | Avvocato in Diritto Commerciale (Video)

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Latitude Law

"Ignorance Not An Excuse" – Knights Partner Highlights Key Points Of Incoming Pathfinder Programme (Video)

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Knights

The Power Of Pro Bono: Industry Expertise Drives Social Impact And Sustainability With Soles4Souls (Video)

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AlixPartners

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