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What should be the focus for HR management when a private equity investor acquires the company? In this video, we look at what kinds of issues HR managers can face...

Appleby acted as Isle of Man counsel to KKR & co., a leading global investment firm, on its acquisition of Prometic Bioseparations Ltd from Liminal BioSciences Inc.

Business Owners often ask whether a contract that their company is entering into can in fact take effect from an earlier date compared to the date on which it is to be signed by the parties.

The High Court decision was reported in Commercial Bulletin 74.

Amendments have been made to the obligations imposed upon regulated persons to report discrepancies between information on a company's beneficial ownership...

The Insolvency Service has brought its first prosecutions under new identity verification requirements, targeting three individuals who acted as company directors without complying with mandatory verification rules...

The Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (Regulations) have been made to extend what personal...

S&K paid a deposit to Simposh under an oral agreement giving S&K an option to purchase a block of flats under construction at an agreed valuation. Simposh was to complete the construction within an agreed time and not to market the property elsewhere.

In an increasingly unpredictable world, how should business leaders balance long-term disruptions with short-term demands? The findings of our annual Disruption...

AlixPartners' Disruption Index 2024 highlights gender differences among 3,000 global executives, with female leaders expecting more change, seeing more opportunities, seeking more advisory support, and facing higher pressure on social and environmental issues than male counterparts.

The article highlights the important distinction between reporting and assurance. While information such as training completion rates, safeguarding checks and reported incidents can demonstrate activity, it does not necessarily provide a board with confidence that safeguarding arrangements are working effectively in practice

The Amendment Directive, which amends the EU sustainability regulation and reporting regime and forms part of the Omnibus I package, has been formally approved by the European...

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 has resulted in its first criminal prosecutions for directors who failed to complete mandatory ID verification. These cases reveal that not only directors who fail to verify their identity face penalties, but also fellow board members who allow unverified directors to continue serving, raising important questions about compliance responsibilities and enforcement as the transitional period approaches its end.

The FRC, in its role as Secretariat to the UK Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), has issued a call for evidence on the proposed adoption of the new IFRS...

Improving ESG data production – This report considers the current landscape and challenges for the production of ESG data and sets out actions that companies could take to improve how this data is collected.

In August 2020, we highlighted a decision of the High Court in which the meaning of the phrase "as soon as possible" was examined in the context of claims made under a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA).

Glass Lewis has published its 2023 Policy Guidelines ("Guidelines") for the UK, setting out the factors it considers when determining proxy voting recommendations.