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  • 07 December 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Annual review of corporate governance reporting

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its annual review of corporate governance reporting against its UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). The Code, published in its current form in 2018, provides businesses with key corporate governance recommendations.

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  • 07 December 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Government to further scrutinise transactions and investments

Last month the Government introduced the National Security and Investment Bill to the House of Commons for its first reading. The purpose of the Bill is to give the government further powers to scrutinise and, where necessary, intervene in certain business transactions if it believes national security concerns are present; this will include mergers and acquisitions.

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  • 26 November 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Exiting your business through a solvent winding up

In the fourth of our series on different stages of funding through the business life cycle, Stuart Mullins, Clarkslegal and James Hopkirk, Kreston Reeves discuss how Insolvency Legislation can help owners of solvent businesses to extract cash and other assets tax efficiently from their companies.
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  • 06 November 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

The practicalities of selling your business

In our latest webinar, corporate partner Stuart Mullins discusses the practicalities of selling your business. The following article provides vital insight for both buyers and sellers seeking to navigate the often complex journey from heads of terms to completion. Below we highlight the key considerations and processes.
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  • 06 November 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Warranties v Indemnities – considerations and differences

The terms “indemnity” “warranty” and “representation” are used a lot in the context of share sale or business sale agreements, but the terms “warranty” and “indemnity” permeate through all forms of contracts, not just business sale agreements.
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  • 05 November 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Selling a Company – The Process and Practical Tips

The lifeblood of capital for start-up and SME businesses is through equity funding and the future of the succession and growth of these businesses require equity investment.
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  • 12 October 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Corporate Transparency and Register Reform

Following lengthy consultation that began in May 2019, the Government has now published its response to proposed changes to the role of Companies House, and increased corporate transparency amongst companies and legal entities. The consultation was vast, 1320 formal and unique responses were submitted.

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  • 06 August 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Business Angel Investment in a post COVID-19 landscape: For Growing Companies

This article sets out the key themes covered in the Clarkslegal webinar. The webinar was hosted by Stuart Mullins, of Clarkslegal LLP, Steve Royffe, of the Dorset Business Angels.Angel Investing is equity finance where a high net worth individual (the “Angel”) or, syndicate/group of Angels, takes shares in your business in return for funds.
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  • 28 July 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Series A – Equity Investment Landscape

In the second of our series on different stages of funding through the business life cycle, this webinar by Stuart Mullins, Clarkslegal, and venture capital investor Naoki Kamimaeda, Global Brains explores the Series A equity investment.
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