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Corporate advisory and governance

Constructive and practical guidance to public and private companies and their boards on corporate governance and compliance.

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This includes advising on legal and regulatory obligations, routine corporate actions and corporate governance best practice.

The team also advises clients on complex government mandated corporate reorganisations, simplification projects and model change programmes.

We work alongside our Public Sector team, advising a wide range of UK government departments, agencies, arm’s length bodies (ALBs) and government companies on company law and governance issues.

We integrate the requirements of Managing Public Managing with UK company law. Members of our Company Secretarial team deal with incorporations and filings with Companies House.

Services

Declaration and treatment of dividends and distributions in specie

Director appointments and indemnification

Terms of reference for board committees

Board and committee composition

AGMs and other shareholder meetings

Board meetings

Share buybacks

Capital reductions

Shareholder activism

Directors, in-house legal teams, company secretaries and shareholders ask us to advise on:

Compliance

  • UK Listing Rules (UKLR).
  • Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR).
  • AIM Rules.
  • UK Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR).
  • The Takeover Code.

Corporate governance best practice

Including the UK Corporate Governance Code.

Directors’ duties and responsibilities

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Our team

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Examples of our work

FirstGroup plc

Advising on significant transactions and the requirements of UKLR 7.

UK quoted company

Advising on share dealing issues and compliance with UKMAR and CJA 1993.

BEIS

Advising BEIS on the transfer of assets (valued at £3.5 billion) from the UK’s seven Research Councils, Innovate UK and the research and knowledge exchange functions of HEFCE to United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Advising the NDA on the Sellafield Model Change programme.

Statutory corporation

Advising directors on independence issues and on director indemnification.

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What others say

“The team has been really competent, reactive and handled the process with a huge professionalism and flawless commitment.”

Legal 500 UK 2023

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Insights

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