Business Law and Corporate Law

This two-part guide offers an in-depth analysis of wholly owned subsidiaries within the NHS, focusing on their strategic importance, the legal frameworks permitting them, and recent developments.

Granted, the Marks & Spencer reference may have worked slightly better prior to their recent cyber difficulties but, when is a trustee not just a trustee? When it's a private trust company (PTC)...

In a landmark decision of the Privy Council, Ashley Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Company Ltd [2025] UKPC 32 (Dawson-Damer), the Privy Council has grappled with a US$402m trust dispute in which a discretionary beneficiary sought to set aside appointments that transferred 98% of trust assets to new trusts from which she was excluded from benefit.

Corporate risk is increasingly complex, encompassing lots of different specialisms to address a multitude of specific opportunities and threats, such as cyber, regulatory, compliance, policy and public affairs, business continuity – and yes, legal.

The UK's corporate crime landscape is about to undergo a significant shift. From 1 September 2025, a new criminal offence will come into force under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)...

With days to go before the UK's new "failure to prevent fraud" offense comes into force under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)...

Guernsey's streamlined private investment fund (PIF) regime provides a highly flexible and cost-efficient fund solution catering for all asset classes across a wide range of managers...

As noted in our recent briefing "Understanding ECCTA: What are the key provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act?" one of the changes to be brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), is abolishing the requirement for entities to maintain certain statutory company registers

Designed to incentivise and reward employees, a CSOP gives selected employees the option to acquire shares in their employer company at a set price, known as the exercise price.

Welcome to the first edition of Clyde & Co’s Safety, Health, Environmental and Regulatory Newsletter. Our SHE Regulatory Group is one of the largest and most recognised teams in the UK specialising in regulatory defence work.

Financial crime approaches have become disconnected because many firms are essentially 'brown-field environments', in which activities have evolved as tactical responses to incremental changes in the external regulatory environment.

On 29 March, the UK’s Financial Services Authority ("FSA") published the findings of its recent thematic review into anti-bribery and corruption systems and controls in investment banks.