Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce served as the contributing editor of Lexology’s 15th edition of In-Depth: Corporate Governance (formerly The Corporate Governance Review), a comprehensive overview of the corporate governance regimes in key jurisdictions worldwide. Through the lens of recent trends and developments, it examines the most consequential rules relating to board composition and practices, director duties, reporting and disclosure requirements, corporate responsibility, shareholder rights and duties, and more.

Will Pearce, counsel Neil Sharpe and associate Sophie Vacikar Bessisso also contributed the guide’s UK chapter.  

Read the Editor’s preface and UK chapter

The editor’s preface and UK chapter was first published in In-Depth: Corporate Governance, Fifteenth Edition (Published: April 2025). For further information, please visit lexology.com.