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UK Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime

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The principal regulations governing offers of securities to the public and admissions of securities to trading on regulated markets in the United Kingdom, including the requirements for a prospectus, are contained in the UK...more

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UK Primary Market Reforms Tracker - January 2024

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An overview of the key developments around reforming the UK capital markets regime following Lord Hill's UK Listings Review, launched as part of the UK government's plan to strengthen the UK's position as a leading global...more

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UK Primary Market Reforms Tracker - October 2023

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The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the key developments around reforming the UK capital markets regime following Lord Hill’s UK Listings Review, launched on 19 November 2020 as part of the UK...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

More Money, More Problems: Providing additional capital to UK companies in turbulent times

The UK economy continues to deal with significant upheaval, and the outlook for investors holding significant equity stakes in UK portfolio companies is increasingly hard to predict. A change in the trading relationship with...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK-Listed Issuers Under Financial Stress Gain Latitude in Secondary Capital Raisings

As the U.K. faces what the Bank of England recently described as “very challenging” times, with the possibility of the U.K.’s “longest recession since records began,” issuers listed on the London Stock Exchange should pay...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Secondary Capital Raising Review: Capitalising on the Drive for Regulatory Reform

On 19 July 2022, the U.K. Secondary Capital Raising Review (the Review) published its report (the Report), making significant recommendations to improve the efficiency of secondary capital raising by companies listed on the...more

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London’s Efforts to Facilitate Secondary Capital Raisings Continue: UK Pre-emption Group Issues Updated Statement of Principles

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On 4 November 2022, the Pre-Emption Group (“PEG”) published an updated Statement of Principles: Disapplying pre-emption rights reflecting certain recommendations of the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review (the “SCRR”) which...more

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Efforts to Elevate London as a Listing Venue of Choice for Growth Companies Continue - Publication of the UK Secondary Capital...

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​​​​​​​The latest proposals for reforming the UK equity capital markets, in response to Lord Hill’s UK Listing Review of March 2021 (the Listing Review), have been announced following the publication of the UK Secondary...more

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Recap on Reforming the UK Capital Markets

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A reminder of the ongoing reforms to implement recommendations from the Lord Hill and Kalifa Reviews. The outcome of the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review, launched on 12 October 2021 to improve further capital raising...more

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Major Reforms to UK Secondary Capital Raising Processes

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The landmark UK Secondary Capital Raising Review Report takes a holistic approach in making bold and comprehensive recommendations to improve the UK secondary capital raising processes and ecosystem. On 19 July 2022, HM...more

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UK Secondary Capital Raising Review

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The UK Secondary Capital Raising Review, led by Mark Austin, has published its proposals on how to how to improve capital raising processes in the UK after IPO.  Initial findings include increasing the pre-emption thresholds...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Note on Proposed Changes to UK Taxation of Securitisation Vehicles

Securitisation is a widely used method of raising debt finance on capital markets through the issue of asset-backed securities. Typically, income-producing assets are used as collateral backing for the issue of securities by...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Exit through the SPAC door? UK FCA publishes proposed changes to the Listing Rules

The UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its proposals to amend the Listing Rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs"), having considered Lord Hill’s UK Listing Review Report....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The FCA Consults on UK’s Investor Protection Rules for SPACs

Until the last month, the market in the U.S. for special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) IPOs has been booming. For example, in the first three months of 2021, there were 298 IPOs of U.S. SPACs, which raised in aggregate...more

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SPACs: Financial Conduct Authority Consults on Changes to UK Listing Regime

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Key proposed changes to the UK listing regime include the removal of the presumption of suspension in trading in a SPAC’s shares when it announces a potential acquisition, subject to certain qualifying criteria being met....more

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FCA consults on SPACs

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The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP 21/10) on proposed Listing Rule changes for certain London-listed special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to remove the presumption that the securities of a SPAC should be...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2021 Forecast for UK M&A and IPOs: Delayed Gratification?

Many commentators predicted a boom in M&A and initial public offerings (IPOs) in the U.K. in 2020, a year that proved making predictions is a risky business. As we enter 2021, however, there are good reasons to believe that...more

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The Asset Management Taskforce's Stewardship Report: Some points for UK companies

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"Investing With Purpose", the November 2020 report of the UK's Asset Management Taskforce, a grouping of the UK Government, asset managers, regulators and other stakeholders, is primarily aimed at improving stewardship and a...more

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UK equity capital markets and the COVID-19 response – Key legal and regulatory themes

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For obvious reasons, the finer points of the functioning and regulation of the UK's capital markets and corporate governance are not necessarily at the forefront of the minds of legislators and policy makers while addressing...more

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Update on the Status of Initial Coin Offerings in Europe

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With crypto-currencies on the rise and technological developments providing great opportunities in the financial services sector, Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") provide an innovative way of raising capital. They are...more

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