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Corporate Law Update: 4 - 10 October 2025

The Court of Appeal has examined whether material and persistent breaches of a shareholders' agreement triggered a compulsory share transfer mechanism in that agreement...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes 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

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

New Guidance On Schemes Of Arrangement: What It Means For Jersey Companies

Jersey Commercial

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Walkers

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

Due Capacity And Enforceability Opinions - Avoiding Unnecessary Completion Confusion

Guernsey Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Jersey Finance Announces Full Speaker Line-Up For Private Wealth Conference

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Jersey Finance Limited

UK Immigration Salary List 2025

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Simpler And More Streamlined Sustainability Disclosure For UK Private Fund Managers: Taking Stock And Comparing With The EU

United Kingdom Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Isle of Man Technology

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Simcocks

Corporate Crime And The Senior Manager Test

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025 expands liability, raising fresh debates over fairness, corporate culture, and culpability.

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

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision refusing to wind up a Luxembourg sub-fund under sections 220 and 221 of the Insolvency Act 1986...

Worldwide Insolvency

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Setting Up A Business In France

An entrepreneur intending to set up a business in France must be fully aware of the steps that must be taken.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Giambrone & Partners

Board Minutes: Why Your Decisions Are Only As Strong As The Paper Trail

Your board signs off on a major strategic decision. Everyone's in agreement, hands are shaken, and the meeting ends. Fast forward three years — a regulator, shareholder...

Isle of Man Commercial

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Sentient International Limited

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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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

Jersey Company Law Series: Records, Accounts, Annual Confirmation Statement And Audit Requirements

Jersey Commercial

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Walkers

Is There A Requirement To File A Shareholders' Agreement Under Jersey Law?

Jersey Commercial

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Collas Crill

Jersey Company Formation Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Wealth Mgt

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Cavenwell Group

Privilege Update: Like The Emperor's New Clothes, The Shareholder Rule Doesn't Really Exist

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

When Time Matters Most – Interim Executives: Trusted Operators When Control, Speed, And Confidence Are Key

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Unfair Prejudice Claims In The British Virgin Islands: A Guide For Shareholders

United Kingdom Commercial

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CANDEY

Jersey Company Formation Guide (Video)

Jersey's strategic position as a leading offshore financial centre is the result of decades of deliberate legislative development, prudent regulation, and a consistent commitment to economic integrity.

United Kingdom Wealth Mgt

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Cavenwell Group

Privilege Update: Like The Emperor's New Clothes, The Shareholder Rule Doesn't Really Exist

The shareholder rule is the principle that a company cannot, during the course of litigation with a current or former shareholder...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

When Time Matters Most – Interim Executives: Trusted Operators When Control, Speed, And Confidence Are Key

In today's disrupted and capital-constrained environment, execution capability has become a competitive differentiator and lifesaver.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Unfair Prejudice Claims In The British Virgin Islands: A Guide For Shareholders

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") has long been a preferred jurisdiction for the incorporation of companies, particularly for cross-border investment and asset protection structures.

United Kingdom Commercial

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CANDEY

How Is The Retail Sector Utilising Restructuring Plans: Is The Criticism Abating?

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Browne Jacobson

Breaking Down Share Classes: A Brief Guide To The Building Blocks Of Ownership

At its simplest, different classes of shares exist to give companies flexibility in how ownership, control and economic benefit are distributed.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Sponsor Licence Rules For Complex Business Structures & Ownership Changes

When applying for or maintaining a UK sponsor licence, your business structure and ownership history can have a big impact.

United Kingdom Commercial

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WestBridge Business Immigration

Family Investment Companies: A Solution For Long-term Wealth Preservation

A Family Investment Company ('FIC') is a bespoke structure which can be used as an investment vehicle for long term tax deferral and inheritance tax ('IHT') planning...

United Kingdom Tax

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Withers LLP

Corporate Law Update: 9 - 15 August 2025

Companies House has confirmed that the requirement for companies to keep certain internal statutory registers will be abolished with effect from 18 November 2025.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Shareholder Rule – Previously On Life Support, And Now Gone

United Kingdom Commercial

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Burness Paull

"Shareholder Rule" Snuffed Out: Practical Implications For UK Companies And Shareholders

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

The Best Kept Secret Of Smart Structuring…the Isle Of Man Holding Company

Isle of Man Commercial

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Sentient International Limited

What Rights Do You Get With Different Percentages Of Shareholding?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Corporate Law Update: 2 - 8 August 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: July 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

We Bid Farewell To The Shareholder Rule In England – A Company Can Assert Legal Professional Privilege Against Its Own Shareholders

United Kingdom Commercial

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Crowell & Moring LLP

End Of An Era: The Death Of The Shareholder Rule

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Emperor Never Had Any Clothes: The Privy Council Abandons The Shareholder Rule

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Shareholder Activism – Our Latest Podcast On Shareholder Influence On M&A (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Corporate Briefing August 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

PISCES 101 — The Private Intermittent Securities And Capital Exchange System

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Guide To Confirmation Statements: What They Are, How To File Them, And Common Pitfalls

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herrington Carmichael

Shareholder Influence On M&A (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Management Incentive Planning – Jersey EBTs: An Efficient Solution

Jersey Commercial

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Maples Group

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Company Directors Often Unaware Of Personal Risks When A Business Collapses (3 March 2025) (Video)

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

7 Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Consider Offshore TCSPs (Part 4/5) (Video)

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Dixcart Group Limited

How Do You Define And Measure Transformation Success? (Video)

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The Berkeley Partnership

Tomorrow's World – Future-Proofing ESG Strategies (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Unique Gun-Jumping Case Sanctioned By French Competition Authority (Video)

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McDermott Will & Emery

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