In the UK, the 2018 Corporate Governance Code and related regulations that applied from January 1, 2019 seek to improve corporate governance and annual reporting by placing a greater focu...
From 21 July 2019, all measures of the new Prospectus Regulation and the supporting guidance will become applicable, changing the form, content and publication requirements for prospectus...
Davis Polk partners Dan Hirschovits and Simon Witty and counsel Jamie Corner were contributing authors to LexisNexis’s Market Tracker 2018 “Trends in UK Equity Capital Markets” repo...
On 7 February 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority published four Technical Notes relating to sponsors’ obligations. This memorandum considers the contents of these notes and the impac...
Our UK Corporate Finance Update looks at key developments from the past six months or so in corporate finance law, regulation and practice that are relevant to London-listed companies and...
In July 2018, the UK Financial Conduct Authority implemented new Conduct of Business Rules that have changed the IPO process for companies seeking admission to the Main Market of the Lond...
This memorandum provides an overview of the key changes regarding the format and content of the prospectus introduced by the New Prospectus Regulation as supplemented by the European Secu...
On 8 June 2018 the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that it is taking forward its proposals to establish a new premium listing category exclusively for sovereign-controlled commer...
In early 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) consulted on proposals to reform and enhance the UK primary markets. The FCA looked at a wide span of issues, ranging from a ...
The UK Takeover Panel has recently confirmed a number of amendments to the UK Takeover Code in two Response Statements to its public consultations in the second half of 2017.
On 11 Decemb...
