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Who Is Looking Out For The Interests Of The Founders?

While not necessarily unfair, this raises the question: who is looking out for the interests of the founders? Currently, founders lack a formal platform with industry-accepted tools to negotiate effectively.

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Lewis Silkin

Liability Management Exercises In Europe: What Do They Mean For Lenders?

Liability management exercises (‘LMEs'), originally a phenomenon of the bond world, have spilled over to the senior secured leveraged finance market in the US for a number of years as a result of the prevalence...

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Investor Activism 2.0: Greenwashing Of Shareholder Claims Against UK PLCs

Investor activism continues to evolve for UK public companies, with shareholder "stock‑drop" claims gathering momentum. Even moderately small share price drops...

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Addleshaw Goddard

Show Me The Money! A Start-ups Guide To Fundraising

You have a killer business idea and have started building. But to reach the next level, you need capital. So, what are your options?

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Lewis Silkin

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso - Episode 24: M&A Outlook: Reshaping Businesses (Podcast)

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Addleshaw Goddard

Half-yearly Corporate Update – Our Latest Briefing

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Annual General Meetings In Oman: A Practical Readiness Guide (2026 Cycle)

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Addleshaw Goddard

Navigating The Allocation Of Plan Benefits And Stakeholder Contributions In UK Part 26A Restructuring Plans

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: December 2025

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Quarterly Listed Company Update – What's New And What's Next? - January 2026

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Travers Smith LLP

Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism 2025

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Travers Smith LLP

How Does Divorce Affect Shareholdings And Business Interests?

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Barnes Law

Can Shareholders Force Circulation Of A Written Resolution? Webster v ESMS Global Ltd [2025] EWHC 3107 (Ch)

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Barnes Law

Takeover Panel Confirms Changes Relating To Dual Class Share Structures, IPOs And Share Buybacks

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Gowling WLG

UK Employment Roadmap At A Glance

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A&O Shearman

Employment Winter Newsletter 2025

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Travers Smith LLP

S6:E6 – The Surprising Science Behind Teamwork, Trust & Engagement | Di Gates, Connection Heroes (Video)

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Square One

What Differences Can Corporates Leverage Between US And UK Capital Markets? (Video)

United Kingdom Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Data Centres: Common Issues And How To Avoid Them (Video)

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Corporate Governance – Glass Lewis 2026 Policy Guidelines

Glass Lewis has published its 2026 UK Benchmark Policy Guidelines, which set out the proxy adviser's views on current market practice and its voting...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Governance – Report On Use Of Pre-Emption Group Statement Of Principles

The Pre-Emption Group (PEG) has published its 2024-2025 Annual Monitoring Report, its third report monitoring the use of the 2022 revised Statement of Principles on the disapplication of pre-emption rights...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 13 - 19 December 2025

We will resume the Corporate Law Update in January 2026. We wish all our readers a relaxing festive season.

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Macfarlanes LLP

Trade Benefit Test: A Win For The Taxpayer In Boulting v HMRC

Share buybacks can be an important tool for shareholders to extract value and for companies to remove shareholders.

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Macfarlanes LLP

Court Allows Access To Shareholder Register For Purpose Of Making "Mini-tender" Offer

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Macfarlanes LLP

What Is Considered A "Proper Purpose" When Making A S.116 Request To Inspect Or Obtain A Copy Of A Company's Register Of Members?

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Teacher Stern

Can Majority Shareholders Suffer From Unfair Prejudice? A Review Of Sean Ronnan & Another v Richard Stansfield & Another [2025] EWHC 2034 (Ch)

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Barnes Law

The Benefits Of EMI Share Option Plans And Why More Companies Should Take Advantage Of Them

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies Liability For Equitable Compensation For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Public M&A And Capital Markets – Takeover Code Changes On Companies With A Dual Class Share Structure, IPOs And Share Buybacks

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Shareholders Were Entitled To Apply To Court To Circulate Written Resolution

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Macfarlanes LLP

Company Law – High Court Rules On "Proper Purpose" For Access To Register Of Members

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 29 November - 5 December 2025

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Macfarlanes LLP

The 8-Figure Blindspot: Why Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Ceiling

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IR Global

Shareholders Were Entitled To Apply To Court To Circulate Written Resolution

Shareholders in a company were entitled to apply to the court for an order requiring the company to circulate a written resolution to its shareholders and permitting them to circulate the resolution...

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Macfarlanes LLP

Company Law – High Court Rules On "Proper Purpose" For Access To Register Of Members

The High Court has ruled (in Aviva plc v Litani LLC ([2025] EWHC 3134)) on whether a request for access to a listed company's register of members was for a proper purpose.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 29 November - 5 December 2025

The court grants an injunction to force a company to circulate a written resolution requisitioned by its shareholders...

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Macfarlanes LLP

The 8-Figure Blindspot: Why Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Ceiling

There's a moment every ambitious founder eventually faces—one that separates the leaders who rise from seven figures into eight … and those who stall out despite their brilliance.

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IR Global

Creative Business Valuation For Complex And Custom Client Problems

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IR Global

BHP Liable In Landmark £36bn Claim Over Mariana Dam Mining Disaster

This is the first full trial judgment in a case that has considered whether related companies can be made liable for damage that occurs overseas...

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Investment Association's Letter To Remuneration Committee Chairs

On 12 November 2025, the Investment Association (IA) published a letter to Remuneration Committee Chairs in which it confirmed that it will not be making any changes to its 2025...

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Macfarlanes LLP

Parallel Civil Litigation: The UK Perspective

Corporates that are subject to investigations increasingly face civil litigation based on the same or similar issues under investigation.

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Travers Smith LLP

Transfer Of The Main Corporate Asset And Substantial Modification Of The Company's Corporate Purpose

Does the transfer of the company's sole asset necessarily entail a modification of the corporate purpose and, consequently, fall within the acts requiring adoption by...

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WH Partners

Company Administration – Mandatory IDV And Abolition Of Certain Local Company Registers

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 1 - 7 November 2025

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Macfarlanes LLP

Who Should Lead Governance In A Family Business? Balancing Family Voice With Independent Insight

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Buckles Law

Quarterly Listed Company Update – What's New And What's Next?

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Travers Smith LLP

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

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Addleshaw Goddard

Joint Ventures In The Clean Energy Sector: Transfer Conditions

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Court Of Appeal Confirms Repudiatory Breaches Were "Capable Of Remedy" For The Purposes Of A Deemed Transfer Provision In A Shareholders' Agreement

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Bloodlines And Business: Managing Family Business Succession

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Barnes Law

Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Boardroom Agility—Strategies For Modern Boards Managing Crises, Compliance & Collective Responsibility (Podcast)

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Corporate Law Update: 4 - 10 October 2025

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Macfarlanes LLP

Public M&A – Our Latest Consolidated Update

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Exit Plans, Good Faith, And Statutory Duties

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Teacher Stern

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: September 2025

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Leaner, Focused Mining Companies Win: Why Excellence, Simplicity, And Asset-level M&A Drive Shareholder Value

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AlixPartners

Privy Council Delivers A Useful Reminder Of The Limits Of The Re Duomatic Principle Of Informal Shareholder Assent

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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The Berkeley Partnership

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McDermott Will & Emery

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Gowling WLG

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