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King’s Speech – bill to tackle late payments and other points of interest for corporates
In the King’s Speech, which set out the government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session, the government announced legislation to …
M&A – draft revised EU merger guidelines published
The EU Commission has published for consultation its long-awaited draft revised EU merger guidelines. This is the first update since the original …
M&A – pre-signing pressures in M&A
Sophie Thompson, Yasmin Jackson and Antonia Kirkby of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP have written an article for PLC Magazine in which they consider …
M&A – government response on changes to mandatory notification sectors under the National Security and Investment Act
The government has published its response following the consultation on proposed amendments to the sectors where notification of transactions under the …
M&A – our sector and broader perspectives for 2026
We have now published the sector and broader perspectives chapter of our global M&A report for 2026. In the first chapter, ‘Hanging out, ‘situationships’ …
Public M&A – our latest podcast on offering securities as consideration on a takeover
In the latest episode in our UK public M&A podcast series, we talk about takeovers where the bidder offers securities as consideration.
Shareholder activism – our latest podcast on shareholder opposition on some recent takeovers by way of scheme
In the latest episode in our UK shareholder activism series, we talk about a number of recent takeovers by way of scheme where target shareholders have …
ESG – directive scaling back EU sustainability measures published
The Amendment Directive, which amends the EU sustainability regulation and reporting regime and forms part of the Omnibus I package, has been formally …
Public M&A and capital markets – Takeover Code changes on share buybacks, companies with DCSSs and IPOs in force
The changes to the Takeover Code on how the Code applies on a share buyback, how it applies to companies with a dual class share structure (DCSS) and the …
M&A – our regional insights for 2026
In our global M&A report for 2026, ‘Hanging out, ‘situationships’ and going official: it’s complicated’, we explored what we saw in M&A in 2025 – from …
M&A – consultation on proposals to improve the merger regime
The government has published a consultation setting out a range of proposals for legislative changes to the merger regime in order to ensure the regime …
M&A – our 2026 global M&A outlook
We have published our latest annual global M&A report, titled “Hanging out, ‘situationships’ and going official – it’s complicated”. This time last year …
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