The Case of Changyou.com Ltd v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd and 7 others 2025 UKPC 12 - In a judgment handed down on 11 March 2025, the Privy Council has upheld the amendments made to sections 238(2)-(5) of the...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...more
The draft Building Societies Act 1986 (Modifications) Order 2024 has been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Order amends Parts 7 and 8 of the Building Societies Act 1986 to assimilate the law relating to...more
The UK Takeover Panel (Panel) has made its first-ever compensation order under the statutory powers granted to it under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). It has also issued “cold shoulder” orders against 10 individuals, the...more
Welcome to the first instalment of 2024 of our Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. As we cover in this issue, there have been a number of updates in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps most notably is the...more
2023 was an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. While we have endeavoured to keep you updated throughout the year with our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Reviews, our team has highlighted below the key changes...more
The Adler appeal: Our key takeaways from the landmark Court of Appeal judgment setting aside the Adler restructuring plan, and what it means for future restructuring plans - The Court of Appeal has handed down its...more
Earlier this year, the English Court refused to sanction two Part 26A restructuring plans ("RPs") which sought to bind HMRC, the UK tax authority, into restructurings via "cross-class cram down". (See "Restructuring Plans...more
An old adage says that the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. We think regulatory changes can surely be added to that list. A number of regulatory updates will affect Bermuda entities this year, and we...more
This guide summarises certain key provisions of the Code with a focus on issues that are likely to be of particular concern to a bidder. Although reference is made to other statutory and regulatory instruments and regimes,...more
The model articles (Model Articles) contained in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) are automatically incorporated into the constitution of a company incorporated pursuant to the CA 2006 to the extent they are not excluded or...more
The Part A1 Moratorium is an insolvency process that was introduced by the Corporate Insolvency Governance Act 2020 to help financially distressed companies obtain temporary protection from creditor action, while the company...more
A Hogan Lovells client note discussing the conflicts of interests duties imposed on directors by the Companies Act 2006. ...more
A client note providing an introduction to the main duties which directors of UK companies owe to their company under the Companies Act 2006. ...more
From October 2016 no person, other than a natural person, will be able to be appointed as a director of a company formed and registered under Companies Act 2006 (the Act) or Companies Act 1985[2], unless that company is the...more