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UK Mansion House 2025: UK government supports digitisation of UK shareholding framework

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The Digitisation Taskforce has published its final report, recommending a three-step plan to modernise the UK shareholding framework by eliminating paper share certificates and transitioning to a fully digitised and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The UK Takeover Panel’s Guidance on “Stub Equity” In Take-Private Transactions

On 3 July 2025, the UK Takeover Panel (Panel) published a new Practice Statement 36 (PS 36), which provides formal guidance on how the Panel will interpret and apply the Takeover Code to an “unlisted share alternative” (known...more

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Financial Reporting Council publishes the UK Stewardship Code 2026

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On June 3, 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the UK Stewardship Code 2026 (the “Code”), following the conclusion of its consultation on the proposed amendments to the UK Stewardship Code 2020. The revised...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Key UK Tax Implications of the Delaware Flip

U.S. venture capitalists investing at the early stages (Seed and Series A) in a UK (or other non-U.S.) company often require that the company “flips” its corporate structure and establishes a U.S. (most commonly Delaware)...more

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Establishing a Business Entity in England (Updated)

Foreword - Despite a challenging macro-economic backdrop, the United Kingdom continues to thrive as one of the world’s leading global financial centres. As a location for business and investment, the UK provides a number...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Public M&A – Outlook for 2025

In 2024, in line with our predictions from last year, the UK public takeover market saw a sharp increase in the number of megadeals, i.e., those valued in excess of £1 billion. Seventeen such transactions were announced in...more

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Panel Proposes Narrowing The Scope Of Companies Subject To The Code

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On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel published PCP 2024/1 ("PCP 2024/1"), in which it is consulting on a significant narrowing of the types of companies that will be subject to the Takeover Code (the “Code”) - i.e., as...more

White & Case LLP

Changes ahead: London market is ready for reform

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Along with other stock exchanges across the world, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) had a challenging 2023, recording only 23 new listings with a total value of less than US$1 billion. This represented a 23 percent...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA Preserves Key Tool for Activists in Listing Rules Reform

Activist shareholders had a busy 2023: The incidence of activist campaigns in Europe soared by almost 70% compared to 2022, according to data compiled by Skadden and Activistmonitor. As we described in a previous issue of The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Founder Series: Getting to Grips with the Cap Table

Orrick's Founder Series offers monthly top tips for UK startups on key considerations at each stage of their lifecycle, from incorporating a company through to possible exit strategies. The Series is written by members of our...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

Executive Compensation: Considerations for UK Companies for the 2023 Voting Season

U.K. institutional investor bodies, including the Investment Association (IA), Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) recently published...more

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FCA discussion paper on further UK listing regime reforms

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FCA publishes discussion paper on replacing current premium and standard listing segments with new single listing segment and sponsor regime reforms- On 26 May 2022, the FCA published a discussion paper (DP22/2) seeking...more

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European SPACs – Following in America’s Footsteps?

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Introduction – what are SPACs? A Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or ‘SPAC,’ is a company created with cash only for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses (the UK ‘blank-check company’ is very similar). SPACs...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Government is Launching a Consultation on Reforming the UK’s Audit and Corporate Governance Regime

On 18 March 2021, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy launched a consultation on its proposals for wide-ranging reforms to modernise the UK’s audit and corporate governance regime. The reforms proposed...more

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