Corporate Notes

M&A – webinar on the psychology of M&A success

We are hosting a webinar, in collaboration with psychology experts Positive Group, on The Heart of the Deal: The Psychology of M&A Success.

Procurement – new Procurement Act in force from 24 February 2025

The Procurement Act 2023 will enter into force on 24 February 2025. The Act constitutes a major overhaul of the existing, EU-based rules governing the …

Listing regime – end of transitional period under the new UKLRs

The transitional period given to companies to allow them time to comply with certain provisions in the new UK Listing Rules (UKLRs) ended on 29 January …

Company administration – Companies House rules on identity verification

Companies House has published rules setting out the evidence which applicants will need to submit when applying to have their identity verified under the …

Insight alert: Payment practices – further extension of payment practices reporting regulations

The Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (the Amending Regulations) have been made and come into force on 1 March …

Corporate governance – PLSA updated voting guidelines for 2025

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has published its Stewardship & Voting Guidelines 2025, which set out the PLSA’s views on corporate …

Public M&A – changes to the companies to which the Takeover Code applies

The rules that narrow the scope of companies to which the Takeover Code applies are now in force.

Prospectus regime – FCA follow-up consultation on the new public offers and admissions to trading regime

Drafting contracts – key lessons from 2024

Corporate criminal liability for economic crimes – our briefing on the new failure to prevent fraud offence

Our corporate crime team has published a briefing on the offence of failure to prevent fraud.

UK Public M&A podcast Ep 30: Changes to the rules on the companies to which the Takeover Code applies now in force

In this episode of our public M&A podcast series, we talk about the changes to the Takeover Code which came into force on Monday 3 February 2025, and …

Half-yearly corporate update – our latest briefing

We have published our half-yearly update briefing which summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation that have occurred over the …