Business Law and Corporate Law

This article explains the legal and commercial differences between debt and equity financing for business owners in the United Kingdom.

This article explains equity crowdfunding for business owners in the United Kingdom.

The UK's and EU's parallel agendas of growth and competitiveness continue to be important, together with their focus on strengthening financial stability and mitigating systemic risk. These three themes from the topics covered in this horizon scan are noteworthy.

Companies House has issued updated draft guidance to assist businesses to identify who really holds ‘significant influence or control' in a company for the purposes of the Register of People with Significant Control.

Amendments included in the Finance Bill 2025-26, which is currently proceeding through Parliament, expand the anti-avoidance rules relating to share-for-share exchanges and other corporate reorganisations.

The Isle of Man Central Registry opened a consultation in November on a proposed Companies Miscellaneous Amendment Bill, which is intended to update the island's Corporate Laws in line with current international anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards.

In Campeau v Gottex Real Asset Fund 1 (OE) Waste SARL [2025] EWHC 2322 (Comm), the High Court considered whether a non-party to a Share Purchase Agreement could rely on the agreement's exclusive jurisdiction clause.

As part of its commitment to decarbonising aviation and positioning the UK as a clean‑energy leader, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on the implementation...

The Court of Appeal's ruling in URE v Notting Hill Genesis highlights the importance of not treating termination wording in a contract as boilerplate.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has launched its Private Securities Market (PSM) – its PISCES platform – and published its Private Securities Market Rules (PSM Rules) and accompanying PSM Handbook via Market Notice N04/26.

This article explains the legal and commercial differences between debt and equity financing for business owners in the United Kingdom.

On 30 January 2026, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") launched a consultation on the introduction of mandatory sustainability reporting for listed companies, based on the yet-to-be-finalised UK Sustainability Reporting Standards ("UK SRS").