The newly enacted National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the “Act”) introduces a broad regime enabling the Government to intervene in M&A transactions on the grounds of national security. ...more
Further to our Clients & Friends Memo of 22 June 2020, the Sustainability Taxonomy Regulation (2020/852) (the “Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal on 22 June 2020 and entered into force on 12 July 2020....more
3/11/2021
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In November 2019, we reported that the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (the “FRC”) had issued a revised Stewardship Code (the “Stewardship Code”) which came into effect from 1 January 2020. The FRC will publish its first...more
Two UK regulatory bodies are currently consulting on rules relating institutional shareholders’ engagement with and stewardship of their investee companies. The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) consultation paper relates...more