Corporate & Commercial blogs
Unusually busy August for mergers and acquisitions
Although August is usually a quiet month for mergers and acquisitions , corporate lawyers and financiers in this sector have been unexpectedly busy this year, particularly in the energy sector. According to a report in The Guardian , data from ThomsonReuters shows the global...
Company solicitors' advice needed on avoiding Companies House penalties
Company solicitors who advise boards of directors on their responsibilities for filing corporate accounts will be reminding them, and their accountants or finance directors, of the need for care when submitting the firm's Annual Returns to Companies House. The Government regulatory...
Commercial lawyers warned over contract agreements
Commercial lawyers will be looking closely at a Supreme Court ruling which declared that an unsigned draft agreement between two businesses could be held to be a binding contract. The corporate law case involved the multi-national dairy products manufacturer Müller which...
Corporate solicitors help Tony Blair keep finances under wraps
News that former Prime Minister Tony Blair will donate proceeds from his forthcoming autobiography to the Royal British Legion has brought back into focus the complex structure of his personal finances which have been organised by his corporate solicitors and accountants. A...
Commercial solicitors examine Court of Appeal warranty decision
Commercial solicitors acting for companies making acquisitions or disposing of businesses are studying the implications of a Court of Appeal judgement which held that the seller of a company was not in breach of a management accounts warranty because it did not know a liability of...
Reverse takeover rules ease for corporate solicitors and clients
Corporate solicitors who handle takeovers are studying the implications of a change in policy by the UK Listing Authority (UKLA), whereby the previous requirement for listing suspension when a proposed reverse takeover is announced and subsequent financial investigation would have...
Corporate law fails to acknowledge human rights, says UN
The first report on how corporate law acknowledges human rights, commissioned by the United Nations (UN) and contributed to by senior lawyers world-wide, has found only limited recognition of the principles in the commercial field. Twenty leading commercial law firms from 40 countries,...
