Corporate Notes

Supreme Court ruling on force majeure

Consultation on the companies to which the Takeover Code should apply and updated Practice Statement on private sale processes

The Takeover Panel has published a consultation paper (PCP 2024/1) which would narrow the scope of companies to which the Code applies. Separately, it …

Government response to NSI call for evidence

The government has published its response to its November 2023 call for evidence on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act), …

FCA secures conviction of senior staff member at a listed company for insider dealing

Stuart Bayes has been found guilty of two offences of insider dealing in a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Mr …

M&A – our regional and sectoral insights for 2024

In our global M&A report for 2024, titled “Global M&A Outlook for 2024: Ready for take-off?”, we explored that there are good reasons to believe …

Our podcast on activism in M&A

In the latest episode of our shareholder activism podcast series, we talk about activism in the context of M&A. We discuss how shareholders may: …

Spring Budget 2024

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered the Spring Budget today. The principal measures are set out in our full briefing which can be …

Second tranche of draft UK Listing Rules published

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a full draft of the new UK Listing Rules as part of its overhaul of the UK listing regime. …

UK Public M&A podcast EP 21: Updated Takeover Panel guidance on conditions to an offer and when they can be invoked

In this episode or our public M&A podcast series, we discuss the updated guidance from the Takeover Panel on invoking conditions to an offer and what …

Drafting contracts - Key lessons from 2023

In our annual contract law update we consider a number of interesting contract law cases from 2023 which highlighted key points for those involved in …

PERG annual report on Walker Guidelines

The Private Equity Reporting Group (PERG) has published its sixteenth annual report on the private equity industry’s conformity with …

Our 2024 global M&A report

We have published our latest annual global M&A report titled ‘Global M&A Outlook for 2024: Ready for take-off?’. There are good reasons to …