Slaughter and May

This Practice Note outlines the UK’s rules to counteract hybrid and other mismatches, also referred to as the anti-hybrid rules. These rules, counteracting deduction/non-inclusion and double deduction mismatches, are found in Part 6A of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010. They replaced the arbitrage (also referred to as the anti-arbitrage) rules with effect from 1 January 2017. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Dominic Robertson of Slaughter and May.

Produced in partnership with Chris McGaffin and James Ufland of Slaughter and May. This Practice Note focuses on the key aspects of open offers and the matters that require consideration when an open offer is being carried out by a company admitted to listing on the official list of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), or admitted to trading on AIM.

Produced in partnership with Chris Mc Gaffin of Slaughter and May. This Practice Note outlines the procedure where a company either admitted to listing on the official list of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) (Main Market) or admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the LSE, is carrying out a rights issue.

Produced in partnership with Chris Mc Gaffin of Slaughter and May. This Practice Note focuses on the key legal considerations when a rights issue is being carried out by a company either admitted to listing on the official list of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) (Main Market) or admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the LSE.

This Practice Note summarises the position on the ‘RIIO-2’ Great Britain energy network company price controls due to apply from 2021. It complements our suite of content on existing energy price control mechanisms and energy network companies and is updated as the RIIO-2 position evolves. It includes coverage of RIIO-2 for National Grid and for GB’s other electricity transmission, gas distribution and electricity distribution companies. It also considers the need for a bespoke price control regime for National Grid Electricity System Operator Limited (NGESO), as the GB electricity system operator (ESO), following National Grid’s split.

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the evolving position on the revenue streams available to energy storage projects in Great Britain. It includes insight on (among other things) the relevance of balancing services, the Capacity Market, electricity market price arbitrage, and revenue stacking in respect of energy storage projects.

This Practice Note provides a summary guide to the key employee share incentives aspects of the Market Abuse Regulation. It considers the key provisions of MAR which are relevant to employee share schemes, and then gives a more detailed consideration of the most important of these, and their likely implications for companies operating employee share plans. This Practice Note also gives additional supporting detail on the practical operation of MAR and provides a detailed focus on the share incentives aspects of the industry-led dealing code, and policy document published by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute), the GC100 and the Quoted Companies Alliance and the Q&As on MAR produced by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) and Law Society Company Law Committees’ Joint Working Parties (Joint Working Parties).

Produced in partnership with Chris McGaffin and James Ufland of Slaughter and May. This Practice Note looks at the underwriting of an offer of shares by a public limited company, including how an underwriting is documented, the company's power to pay the underwriter's commission, sub-underwriting and standby underwriting.