Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. ...more
On 15 July 2025, the FCA published PS25/9 and PS25/10 outlining its final rules for the new Public Offers and Admissions to Trading regime, which will supersede the existing UK Prospectus Regulation from 19 January 2026. This...more
The Chancellor has delivered his first Mansion House speech with a focus on bolstering the UK capital markets. The speech highlighted the: ..highly innovative step and global first of establishing a new ‘intermittent...more
This edition covers proposed major reforms to the listing and prospectus regimes, corporate governance reforms largely relating to audit and internal controls, and proposed changes to the Takeover Code affecting the...more
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
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
Special purpose acquisition companies (or SPACs) saw a significant increase in popularity in 2020, which has continued into 2021. This trend, which largely started in the United States, has spread to global capital markets...more
The changes indicate a more dynamic and flexible UK prospectus regime with the FCA to play a central role through enhanced rule-making powers. On 1 March 2022, the UK government (through HM Treasury (HMT)) announced the...more
The UK Government is consulting on proposals to reform the UK’s prospectus regime. The proposals are published in response to Lord Hill’s UK Listing Review in which he recommends that, amongst other things, the Government...more
Lord Hill’s findings on the UK Listings Regime in March 2021 recognised a need for change and reform including a fundamental rethink of the current prospectus regime. In response to this, HM Treasury is consulting on...more
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
Recommended changes include allowing dual class share structures for premium listed companies, changes designed to increase the attractiveness of UK listings for SPACs, and changes to the free float requirement....more
Lord Hill today published his recommendations following the UK Listings Review Call for Evidence in November 2020. The recommendations cover the Listing Rules applicable to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs),...more
A new era for the UK's capital markets? FCA publishes proposals to reform the UK's capital markets and IPO process - The FCA has published a package of measures to reshape and enhance the UK's primary markets. These are...more
The Financial Conduct Authority launched a consultation on proposed changes to the availability of information in the UK equity IPO process. The consultation follows the discussion paper published by the FCA in April 2016....more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, US and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more