Worldwide: Corporate/Commercial Law

In hospitality, investors are buying brand and reputation, not just bricks and mortar. Intangible assets are the deal drivers in this industry. Branded hotels, for example, achieve a higher transaction price...

Over the past two decades, the value of sports franchises and related assets has skyrocketed, with rapid revenue growth across various commercial streams including the more traditional broadcasting and sponsorship (both now of course more global than ever), to new commercial tie ups and off field year round monetisation of stadia. While the skyrocketing valuations have prompted some commentators to argue that we could be witnessing the formation of a "sports bubble", this does not seem correct to us.

Companies can change their nationality through a process called migration, continuation, or redomiciliation. This comprehensive guide examines the eligibility requirements, procedural steps...

The application of the rules in relation to legal advice privilege, in the context of company disputes, has long given rise to interesting questions. Companies do, of course...

In a dispute between a company and its former director regarding repayment of a loan, the High Court has held that the company could not withhold its privileged legal advice...

Up until the landmark Privy Council decision in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd & Ors No 2 (Bermuda) [2025] UKPC 34, a company could not, in the course of litigation between...

The Privy Council has delivered a landmark judgment clarifying the role of fiduciary protectors in trust structures, determining that protectors with consent powers have broad discretionary authority rather than a narrow oversight function. This decision has profound implications for trust administration, potentially requiring protectors to undertake the same rigorous decision-making process as trustees themselves, raising questions about cost, practicality, and the risk of deadlock in trust governance.

Challenging a will can be a sensitive and complex process. This article looks at the tests and procedures in Scotland, where the applicable law is different to the rest of the UK.

The Employee Ownership Trust has emerged as a significant vehicle for promoting broader employee ownership since its introduction in Finance Act 2014.

In Aabar Holdings S.à.r.l. & Ors v. Glencore Plc [2026] EWHC 877 (Comm), the Commercial Court has confirmed that legal advice privilege applies to any “intra-client” document that is sent between or created...

In a judgment handed down last year in Webster v. ESMS Global Ltd and Sood, [2025] EWHC 3107 (Ch), the High Court of Justice has confirmed the availability of civil remedies when a breach of the Companies Act 2006...

In Jersey, the process by which a company changes its nationality or place of incorporation is called a continuance. It is also commonly referred to as a migration or redomiciliation.