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Private mergers and acquisition
A range of precedents including 15 versions of the share purchase agreement. They’re supported with a suite of additional clauses to cover off different transaction structures.
Share capital topics
Guidance with key actions for shares you’ve issued or allotted to stakeholders. Practice Notes and Q&As take you through procedures needed by statute, analyse developments in case law, and tackle tricky technical points.
Current awareness, horizon-scanning and trackers
Weekly highlights newsletter feature the latest key news stories by topic. It’s supplemented by a horizon-scanning document, looking at key developments affecting corporate lawyers in the months ahead.
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One day you might be advising an entrepreneur on a new start up. Another you’re facilitating a fundraising on the financial markets. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Corporate is the place to start.
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Latest Corporate News
Risk & Compliance analysis: When the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA 2015) passed into law it was viewed as a world-leading piece of legislation....
Corporate analysis: Market Standards has conducted research to examine the current trends in UK public M&A for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 March...
This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: a new Market Standards Trend Report on trends in UK equity capital markets in 2024, a...
Companies House has launched a new voluntary identity verification service, enabling individuals to verify their identities directly through GOV.UK...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury have issued a call for input (CfI) and consultation respectively, consulting on reforms to...
Latest Corporate Practice Notes
Liquidation demergersThis Practice Note is about the tax implications of liquidation demergers, also known as section 110 demergers, after section 110...
Sentencing individuals for health and safety offencesThe Sentencing Council (SC) produces guidance on sentencing for courts in England and Wales in...
The UK sanctions framework under SAMLA 2018 This Practice Note explains the UK financial sanctions and trade sanctions regime under the Sanctions and...
Jurisdiction in respect of allegations of briberyThe nature of the offenceJurisdiction to try allegations under the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) depends...
Case tracker—2025—CorporateThis case tracker displays the current status of, and most recent developments in, key cases relevant to corporate...
Latest Corporate Precedents
Share purchase agreement—super short formThis Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of selling corporate...
PSC Register—voluntary notice from PSC in relation to a company[Insert date]Dear [Company Secretary OR Board of Directors] of [Company],Register of...
PSC Register—warning notice[Insert date]Dear [insert name of addressee]Register of People with Significant Control—Warning NoticeInterests in...
PSC Register—response letter from unlisted overseas company or other non—RLETo be printed on the letterhead of the overseas company respondent[Insert...
S790E Notice (LLP)—for a legal entity[Insert date]Dear [insert name of addressee]Register of People with Significant Control—Notice to a legal entity...
Latest Corporate Q&As
Featured Corporate content
Sub-division and consolidation of shares
Sub-division and consolidation of sharesCoronavirus (COVID-19): Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, some Companies House filing and other...
A company’s constitution
A company’s constitutionWhat is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as...
Removal of a director
Removal of a directorThis note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Appointment, retirement and resignation of a director.For an...
Takeover Code—Rule 34—Right of withdrawal
Takeover Code—Rule 34—Right of withdrawalThis Resource Note outlines the main provisions of Rule 34 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (Code),...
Directors’ remuneration
Directors’ remunerationCompany directors are not, by virtue only of their office as director, automatically entitled under company law to remuneration...
Issue of redeemable shares
Issue of redeemable sharesA limited company that proposes to issue redeemable shares must comply with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA...
De facto and shadow directors
De facto and shadow directorsDefinition of 'director'The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) broadly defines a director as 'any person occupying the position...
Private equity investment—ratchets
Private equity investment—ratchetsA ratchet in private equity is a mechanism to vary the amount of equity held by founders, managers and employees...
Fiduciary duties of directors
Fiduciary duties of directorsThis Practice Note summarises the traditional fiduciary duties of company directors, including the duty to act in the...
Companies limited by guarantee
Companies limited by guaranteeWhat is a company limited by guarantee?Limited companies can be either limited by shares or by guarantee. A company...
Directors’ board meetings—fundamentals
Directors’ board meetings—fundamentalsUnlike company general meetings and annual general meetings (AGMs), there are no specific provisions in the...
Amending the articles of association
Amending the articles of associationThis Practice Note summarises the procedure to amend or change a company’s articles of association in accordance...
Drag along and tag along—fundamentals
Drag along and tag along—fundamentalsDrag along and tag along rights are common provisions in private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) and corporate...
Powers of directors
Powers of directorsThe directors of a company are responsible for the day-to-day management of that company.The directors make decisions on behalf of...
Companies House filing procedures
Companies House filing proceduresFiling documents at Companies House may be one of the most simple tasks a corporate lawyer ever has to carry out in...
Articles of association—provisions for entrenchment
Articles of association—provisions for entrenchmentWhat are 'provisions for entrenchment'?The usual way to amend a company's articles of association...
Company names and business names
Company names and business namesThere are a number of statutory and regulatory controls and restrictions on the choice of company and business names....
Sale of treasury shares
Sale of treasury sharesA limited company may hold, or deal with, shares in itself, if certain conditions set out in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006)...
Associated legal terms
Distribution in kind
A non-cash distribution to shareholders, also referred to as a dividend in specie. A company may also capitalise its profits and issue shares by way of a scrip dividend to its shareholders.
Gin and tonic clause
Where a deadlock situation arises which cannot be resolved between the board (or, where the joint venture parties are part of a corporate group, the shareholders) of the joint venture company, such clause provides that the chair or chief executive officers of each joint venture party meet and attempt to resolve the deadlock in a face-to-face discussion. See also Escalation.
IA
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