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Quarterly Listed Company Update – What's New And What's Next? - January 2026

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of Travers Smith's Quarterly Listed Company Update. This issue highlights the latest regulatory developments and guidance relevant to listed companies...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism 2025

Our Senior Consultant Spencer Summerfield has been the Contributing Editor of the Chambers and Partners 2025 Global Practice Guide on Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism.

Worldwide Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

How Does Divorce Affect Shareholdings And Business Interests?

Divorce is rarely just about the family home, pensions or savings. When one or both spouses are shareholders, the breakdown of a relationship can create real risks for a company...

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...

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Barnes Law

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

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Gowling WLG

Corporate Governance – Glass Lewis 2026 Policy Guidelines

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 13 - 19 December 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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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

Can Majority Shareholders Suffer From Unfair Prejudice? A Review Of Sean Ronnan & Another v Richard Stansfield & Another [2025] EWHC 2034 (Ch)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Barnes Law

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

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

#DigitalFrontiers Podcast: AI, Law And Technology Insights (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

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Browne Jacobson

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

New National Minimum Wage Rates For April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

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

European Union Technology

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Ius Laboris

Reflections On 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Public M&A And Capital Markets – Takeover Code Changes On Companies With A Dual Class Share Structure, IPOs And Share Buybacks

The Takeover Panel has published changes to the Takeover Code (RS 2025/1) on how the Code applies to companies with a dual class share structure (DCSS), the disclosures required...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Shareholders Were Entitled To Apply To Court To Circulate Written Resolution

Shareholders in a company were entitled to apply to the court for an order requiring the company to circulate a written resolution to its shareholders and permitting them to circulate the resolution...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Company Law – High Court Rules On "Proper Purpose" For Access To Register Of Members

The High Court has ruled (in Aviva plc v Litani LLC ([2025] EWHC 3134)) on whether a request for access to a listed company's register of members was for a proper purpose.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 29 November - 5 December 2025

The court grants an injunction to force a company to circulate a written resolution requisitioned by its shareholders...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

The 8-Figure Blindspot: Why Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Ceiling

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IR Global

Creative Business Valuation For Complex And Custom Client Problems

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

A Year Of Recalibration And Resilience

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Alvarez & Marsal

UK Corporate Briefing December 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Investor Unable To Claim Under Commercial Agreement Due To Rule Against Reflective Loss

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Investment Association's Principles Of Remuneration For 2026: What's Changed?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

BHP Liable In Landmark £36bn Claim Over Mariana Dam Mining Disaster

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Investment Association's Letter To Remuneration Committee Chairs

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Parallel Civil Litigation: The UK Perspective

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Transfer Of The Main Corporate Asset And Substantial Modification Of The Company's Corporate Purpose

United Kingdom Commercial

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WH Partners

BHP Liable In Landmark £36bn Claim Over Mariana Dam Mining Disaster

This is the first full trial judgment in a case that has considered whether related companies can be made liable for damage that occurs overseas...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Investment Association's Letter To Remuneration Committee Chairs

On 12 November 2025, the Investment Association (IA) published a letter to Remuneration Committee Chairs in which it confirmed that it will not be making any changes to its 2025...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Parallel Civil Litigation: The UK Perspective

Corporates that are subject to investigations increasingly face civil litigation based on the same or similar issues under investigation.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Transfer Of The Main Corporate Asset And Substantial Modification Of The Company's Corporate Purpose

Does the transfer of the company's sole asset necessarily entail a modification of the corporate purpose and, consequently, fall within the acts requiring adoption by...

United Kingdom Commercial

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WH Partners

Company Administration – Mandatory IDV And Abolition Of Certain Local Company Registers

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Joint Ventures In The Clean Energy Sector: Transfer Conditions

As noted in one of our earlier articles in this series, the shareholders' agreement and articles for a joint venture company (the JV Arrangements) will generally include provisions governing the transfer of shares.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Court Of Appeal Confirms Repudiatory Breaches Were "Capable Of Remedy" For The Purposes Of A Deemed Transfer Provision In A Shareholders' Agreement

The decision shows the need for precise drafting and strict compliance with notice provisions.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Bloodlines And Business: Managing Family Business Succession

Succession of family businesses can be complex for owner-managers, incoming and outgoing. An effective transition requires a broad approach...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Barnes Law

Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Boardroom Agility—Strategies For Modern Boards Managing Crises, Compliance & Collective Responsibility (Podcast)

On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles, Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray's Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery are joined by Rachel Samren, a board director, responsible business advocate, and crisis management expert

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Corporate Law Update: 4 - 10 October 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Public M&A – Our Latest Consolidated Update

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Exit Plans, Good Faith, And Statutory Duties

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: September 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Leaner, Focused Mining Companies Win: Why Excellence, Simplicity, And Asset-level M&A Drive Shareholder Value

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

Privy Council Delivers A Useful Reminder Of The Limits Of The Re Duomatic Principle Of Informal Shareholder Assent

Worldwide Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Examines Whether Breaches Of A Shareholders' Agreement Could Be Remedied

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Will The New Prospectus Rules Lead To A Greater PIPEline Of Private Investments In Public Equity In The UK?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Remedying Repudiatory Breaches – What Does It Mean For Drafting Contracts?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Is Repudiatory Remediable?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

On-market Purchases By A Bidder - More From The Takeovers Panel

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court Grants Permission To Bring Concurrent Derivative Claim And Unfair Prejudice Petition

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Navigating Public M&A In The UK: Our Top Tips

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Crime And The Senior Manager Test

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Court Of Appeal Confirms "Dedicated Fund" Of Luxembourg Investment Company Is Not An Unregistered Company For The Purpose Of Winding Up Under The Insolvency Act 1986

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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