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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on targeted changes to the UK Listing Rules for closed-ended investment funds to...
This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes a call for enforcement of Companies House reforms by Spotlight on Corruption, an update by...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a staff guidance note explaining that companies whose shares are traded on the Private...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revised three UK auditing standards—ISA (UK) 700, ISA (UK) 701 and ISA (UK) 720—following a public...
Separate legal personality and the corporate veilCorporate legal personality—the Salomon principleA properly formed registered company is a separate...
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—fundamentalsSTOP PRESS: A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024, which...
Private companies limited by sharesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of a private company limited by shares. It also covers key...
A guide to drafting an investment agreementInvestment agreementThis Practice Note serves as a guide for a drafter when drafting and/or reviewing an investment agreement (also known as a subscription and shareholders’ agreement), involving the subscription for shares (and, possibly, loan notes) in a
Private equity investment—ratchetsA ratchet in private equity is a mechanism to vary the amount of equity held by founders, managers and employees post-investment.In a venture capital context, ratchets operate as anti-dilution provisions. They protect early-stage investors from dilution by
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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