Mar 22, 2023 UK schemes - prospectus mix & muddle By Tom Rose The exciting times for UK public M&A/ECM practitioners continue. The FCA has decided in PMB 44 not to publish a Technical Note saying...
Apr 14, 2022 Might US companies find comfort in separate CEO and chairs? By Dominic Sedghi Richard Burrows Francesca Bird JPMorgan last week announced its plans to split the roles of CEO and chair when Jamie Dimon steps down. Dimon has held the position of...
Mar 29, 2022 For climate disclosures, is this a race to the top? By Dominic Sedghi Rachel Richardson Harry Coghill The announcement last week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to introduce wide-ranging climate-related...
May 04, 2021 Local authority decision suggests virtual shareholder meetings may still be some way away yet By Dominic Sedghi Public companies in the UK have been grappling for some time now with whether to hold AGMs and other shareholder meetings virtually, for...
Oct 15, 2020 Will the SPAC party get started in the UK? By Richard Burrows The press is rife with stories of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs: in the US, $48bn has been raised so far this year –...
Apr 01, 2020 Coronavirus has made AGMs much, much harder By Dominic Sedghi Harry Coghill Public companies are rapidly having to deal with the difficulty of holding their annual general meeting (AGM) under the social distancing...
Jan 11, 2018 The dearth of US IPOs - relevant for the UK too By Richard Burrows The concern in relation to the decreasing number of US IPOs also applies to the UK. The July 2017 position paper by the Quoted Companies...