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On 16 March the London Stock Exchange (LSE) published guidance for companies involved in exploration, development or production of mining, oil and gas resources.

When an individual dies, their assets (e.g., properties, bank accounts, investments, stocks and shares, valuable personal possessions) and their liabilities...

As England moved into a second Covid-19 lockdown, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced further proposals to support consumer credit and mortgage ...

In the world of finance, provisions in loan agreements which say that consent is needed to lift a restriction or exercise a right are commonplace.

The recent case of Re Lehman Brothers International has much to offer to interest those involved in taking security over financial collateral.

Global equities continued to advance over the month, despite some economic crosscurrents that made the Oil and Mining sectors particularly volatile. The fears of a US slowdown driven by the housing market were somewhat alleviated by the ongoing weakness in the oil price as inventories rose and the risk of disruption from hurricanes or Middle East tensions faded into the background.

For much of 2005, we drew attention to the fact that, while corporate war chests have been swollen by a combination of soaring profits, companies were reluctant to reinvest in new plant, preferring instead to make share buybacks and acquisitions, and we believed that this would act as a major support to global markets.

A lender looking to provide finance to a borrower will always want to ensure that it has an adequate security package to allow them (in the event that things take a turn for the worse)...

This recent decision should sound as a stark warning to Employers under JCT contracts over the perils of failing to make payments on time.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB") recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") proposed guidance ("Proposed Guidance") regarding affiliated Political Action Committees ("PACs") for purposes of the pay-to-play limitations imposed on municipal securities dealers under MSRB rule G-37 ("Rule G-37").

In October 2012 the English High Court handed down judgment in "Emptage v Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd".

The tax Disregard Regulations, developed as a foil to the volatility in tax cash flow requirements based on IAS 39 fair value results, will require companies to keep a vast amount of information on which transactions should be treated as hedges for tax purposes.

A recent High Court decision in favour of Barclays Bank (Barclays Bank UK Plc v Terry [2023] EWHC 2726 (Ch)) has sparked intrigue in the field of representative actions.

Part of the journey of expanding your business often involves acquiring business premises – a significant milestone for many entrepreneurs.

Aircraft financiers often structure deals so they may repossess the aircraft as

Structuring a rights issue for a UK PLC using a Jersey cash box vehicle can both make it easier to implement and add to the benefits from it.

Earlier this year, we published a number of articles examining high yield bond issuances by high yield issuers in the European real estate and energy sectors.

The Court of Appeal has partially reversed a High Court decision in a case examining whether a chargee's appointment of administrators was invalid due to improper purpose, specifically where debt acquisition followed a failed takeover bid. The judgment clarifies the boundaries of Braganza-style rationality duties in secured lending enforcement and explores when the equitable 'proper purpose' doctrine may constrain a creditor's right to appoint administrators under Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986.