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...
De facto and shadow directorsDefinition of 'director'The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) broadly defines a director as 'any person occupying the position...
Tailoring a shelf companyA person wishing to set up a new company has the following options:•they can incorporate a new company in accordance with the...
Alternate directorsThis Practice Note considers the appointment and removal of alternate directors, their status, powers, duties and liabilities and...
G20/OECD Principles of Corporate GovernanceThis Practice Note discusses the Principles of Corporate Governance (Principles) published by the Group of...
The Prospectus Regulation—key changes in comparison to the Prospectus Directive regimeThis Practice Note provides an overview of the implementation of...
The Transparency DirectiveThis Practice Note provides an overview of the implementation of and key changes introduced by the EU Transparency Directive...
Sub-division and consolidation of sharesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
Insider listsThis Practice Note considers the obligation of an issuer who issues or proposes to issue financial instruments which are within the scope...
Notifying changes in share capital to Companies House—statement of capitalCoronavirus (COVID-19): Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, some...
Financial assistance—a quick guideThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) prohibits: •a public company (or its subsidiary) from giving financial assistance...
Would an issue of shares by a company incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 be void if the investor was breaking a foreign law by subscribing for...
Is a community interest company allowed to offer shares to the public?A community interest company (CIC) is a type of limited liability company formed...
Do the English property and assets of a dissolved overseas company pass to the Crown as bona vacantia?When a company registered in England and Wales...
If the Model Articles have been incorporated and if the person's position as a director would automatically terminate per Article 18(d) of the Model...
Is it the company behind the trading name or the trading name which is the contracting party to the contract? Does a trading name have legal capacity...
If the name of a company is set out as a party to a contract but the company registration number is for a different company, which is the contracting...
Is a contract between a company and a third party which is entered into in breach of the company’s articles of association enforceable?This Q&A deals...
What happens where a company director gives an undertaking which they know to be untrue, ie where they give an undertaking not to take action X when,...
How do you make an application under section 1096 of the Companies Act 2006 for a court order to remove a document from a company's public record at...
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