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Private mergers and acquisition
A range of precedents including 15 versions of the share purchase agreement. They’re supported with a suite of additional clauses to cover off different transaction structures.
Share capital topics
Guidance with key actions for shares you’ve issued or allotted to stakeholders. Practice Notes and Q&As take you through procedures needed by statute, analyse developments in case law, and tackle tricky technical points.
Current awareness, horizon-scanning and trackers
Weekly highlights newsletter feature the latest key news stories by topic. It’s supplemented by a horizon-scanning document, looking at key developments affecting corporate lawyers in the months ahead.
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One day you might be advising an entrepreneur on a new start up. Another you’re facilitating a fundraising on the financial markets. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Corporate is the place to start.
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Latest Corporate News
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 67....
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced a new framework for environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating providers. It aims to...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published revised International Standards on Auditing (UK) 250 and 270, following a spring 2026...
This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: analysis of the Budget 2026, with expert commentary on the key business tax...
Tax analysis: A summary of the key business tax announcements made in the Budget on 28 October 2026. Expert comment provided by Akin Gump Strauss...
Latest Corporate Practice Notes
On 19 July 2022, the government announced it would be taking forward the recommendation in the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review report (UK SCRR) to...
The UK Listing Review was launched by HM Treasury at the end of 2020 to gather evidence and make recommendations to the government and UK regulators...
The FCA Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market sourcebook (PRM) sets out when a prospectus is required to be published when...
This Practice Note considers the key procedural aspects of pursuing a common law derivative claim. In particular, it sets out when a party might be...
This Practice Note identifies the initial factors to consider when an irreconcilable conflict arises between parties to a joint venture (JV)...
Latest Corporate Precedents
This [Agreement OR DEED] is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[insert name of buyer] [of [insert address] OR trading as [insert...
VERIFICATION NOTESVerification notes (the Notes) for the information memorandum (the Information Memorandum) prepared by [insert name of the seller]...
References to ‘AIM Rules’ are to the AIM rules for Companies, to ‘DTR’ are to the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, to the ‘LSE’ are to the...
This [Agreement OR DEED] is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[insert name of buyer] [of [insert address] OR trading as [insert...
This Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of first shareholder] incorporated in England and Wales under...
Latest Corporate Q&As
Featured Corporate content
Separate legal personality and the corporate veil
Separate legal personality and the corporate veilCorporate legal personality—the Salomon principleA properly formed registered company is a separate...
A company’s constitution
A company’s constitutionWhat is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as...
Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentals
Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentalsSTOP PRESS: A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024, which...
Private companies limited by shares
Private companies limited by sharesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of a private company limited by shares. It also covers key...
Holding an AGM of a private company or unlisted public company
Holding an AGM of a private company or unlisted public companyThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidelines and market practice relating to the...
Removal of a director
Removal of a directorThis note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Appointment, retirement and resignation of a director.For an...
Unlimited companies
Unlimited companiesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of an unlimited company and why an unlimited company might be used as a vehicle to...
Loan notes—fundamentals
Loan notes—fundamentalsThis fundamentals note considers some of the key characteristics of loan notes which may be issued by a private limited company...
Private equity investment—ratchets
Private equity investment—ratchetsA ratchet in private equity is a mechanism to vary the amount of equity held by founders, managers and employees...
Directors’ remuneration
Directors’ remunerationCompany directors are not, by virtue only of their office as director, automatically entitled under company law to remuneration...
Drag along and tag along—fundamentals
Drag along and tag along—fundamentalsDrag along and tag along rights are common provisions in private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) and corporate...
A guide to share purchase agreements
A guide to share purchase agreementsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the agreement for the sale and purchase of shares in a private limited...
Transfer of shares—law and procedure
Transfer of shares—law and procedureThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, the most common of which are...
Companies limited by guarantee
Companies limited by guaranteeWhat is a company limited by guarantee?Limited companies can be either limited by shares or by guarantee. A company...
Quorum requirements for general meetings (including AGMs)
Quorum requirements for general meetings (including AGMs)This Practice Note summarises the law relating to quorum requirements for a company’s general...
Company records—a company's statutory registers
Company records—a company's statutory registersThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep the following statutory registers:•the...
Fiduciary duties of directors
Fiduciary duties of directorsThis Practice Note summarises the traditional fiduciary duties of company directors, including the duty to act in the...
Share certificates
Share certificatesShares in a company can be issued as certificated shares or uncertificated shares.Shares issued by private companies and unlisted...
Associated legal terms
ISIN
In the context of announcements, the International Securities Identification Number for each relevant security. See ISIN database.
Purchased goodwill
In the context of an acquisition, the difference between the price paid and the (higher) value of the assets acquired.
Shareholders' agreement
A shareholders' agreement creates personal obligations between individuals and do not bind the company or its members to provisions of the agreement.
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