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Corporate weekly highlights—12 May 2022

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Published on: 12 May 2022

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Queen's speech
Queen's Speech 2022—Corporate
Queen’s Speech 2022—banking and finance
Queen’s Speech 2022—key themes and proposals
Equity capital markets
LSE launches consultation on Admission and Disclosure Standards amendments and Voluntary Carbon Market
Private equity
New finance, financial services and capital markets climate clauses published by The Chancery Lane Project
Public company takeovers
The Takeover Panel publishes two consultation response statements and three instruments amending the Takeover Code

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Article summary

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes corporate-related news from the Queen’s speech, the launch of a consultation by the LSE on the creation of a Voluntary Carbon Market and amendments to the Admission and Disclosure Standards, publication by the Takeover Panel of two consultation response statements and three instruments amending the Takeover Code and publication by The Chancery Lane Project of a set of climate clauses.

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