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Corporate Governance – Glass Lewis 2026 Policy Guidelines

Glass Lewis has published its 2026 UK Benchmark Policy Guidelines, which set out the proxy adviser's views on current market practice and its voting...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

The Pre-Emption Group (PEG) has published its 2024-2025 Annual Monitoring Report, its third report monitoring the use of the 2022 revised Statement of Principles on the disapplication of pre-emption rights...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 13 - 19 December 2025

We will resume the Corporate Law Update in January 2026. We wish all our readers a relaxing festive season.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

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

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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?

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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

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Shareholders Were Entitled To Apply To Court To Circulate Written Resolution

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 29 November - 5 December 2025

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

AI In The Workplace Masterclass: A Practical Overview Of What Employers Need To Know (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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Burness Paull

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

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

United Kingdom Technology

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Browne Jacobson

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Should You Label Your Next Fund? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Podcast: Failure To Prevent Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Creative Business Valuation For Complex And Custom Client Problems

Not every valuation fits neat financial formulas. Clients inevitably bring real-world, non-standard complications such as family dynamics, conflicting stakeholder goals, and legacy and continuity concerns to the assignment.

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

A Year Of Recalibration And Resilience

The market has been recalibrating over the course of 2025, and A&M's Private Equity Performance Improvement team has seen firsthand how this is playing out.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

UK Corporate Briefing December 2025

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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

An individual who invested indirectly in a property development project through intermediate companies was unable to claim directly under...

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

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 1 - 7 November 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Who Should Lead Governance In A Family Business? Balancing Family Voice With Independent Insight

United Kingdom Commercial

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Buckles Law

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate Law Update: 1 - 7 November 2025

Companies House has reported that more than one million individuals have now verified their identity, in advance of mandatory identity verification (IDV) coming into force this month.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Who Should Lead Governance In A Family Business? Balancing Family Voice With Independent Insight

Family businesses aren't like any other. They are often built on sacrifice and shared effort, carrying with them not just the weight of financial investment but the values and memories of the people behind them.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Buckles Law

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

Welcome to the October 2025 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

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

Trick or treat! Jack Edwards and Lucy Robson ask if listed companies should be watching over their shoulders for activists this Hallowe'en, or if there might be a jump-scare lurking closer to home…

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Joint Ventures In The Clean Energy Sector: Transfer Conditions

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Public M&A – Our Latest Consolidated Update

This consolidated update gives a brief overview of developments in UK public M&A in the last six months.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Exit Plans, Good Faith, And Statutory Duties

This case explores the intersection of contractual duties of good faith in shareholder agreements and directors' statutory duties, highlighting the risks for directors of not being completely transparent...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: September 2025

In September 2025, there were four Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and seven further possible offers announced.

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

new AlixPartners study, which reviewed 50 major publicly listed miners with market values above $5 billion, uncovered three reasons that focused operators routinely deliver Total Shareholder Returns (TSR)...

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AlixPartners

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

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

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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

Worldwide Insolvency

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Setting Up A Business In France

United Kingdom Commercial

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Giambrone & Partners

Marriage Counselling For The Public Markets

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Court Of Appeal Refuses Interim Injunction To Suspend Business 'Transformation Plan'

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Founder Vesting And Leaver Provisions – VC And Founder's Insights

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Hunters

Takeover Panel Hearings Committee Chair Rejects Appeal Against Panel Executive Ruling In Relation To Third Point Investors Limited

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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