Jun 01, 2022 UK Takeover Code – Proposed "Concert Party" Rules Update By Michael Scargill Phil Cheveley Maegen Morrison Nick Withers +1 more... Show less On 26 May 2022, the UK Takeover Panel published a public consultation on proposed changes to the Code's definition of "acting in concert"...
Mar 15, 2023 New Targets to increase Ethnic Diversity on UK Boards, etc. By Michael Scargill On 13 March 2023, the UK's Parker Review on Ethnic Diversity on UK Boards (the “Review”) published an update report (the "2023 Update")...
Mar 08, 2023 Women Coming on Board in the UK By Michael Scargill On 28 February, 2023 the FTSE Women Leaders Review (the "Review") published its second report (the "2022 Report") on progress in the UK...
Feb 14, 2023 When is a guarantee not a guarantee? When it's an indemnity! By Michael Scargill In Holman Fenwick Willan LLP v Samady (2023) the High Court had to decide whether the words (contained in a payment plan agreed between a...
Jan 25, 2023 How "certain" must a director transaction be for shareholder approval to be required? By Michael Scargill Simon Burrows Maegen Morrison Nick Withers Paul Strecker Michael Mountain Karla Dudek +4 more... Show less The recent "summary judgment" litigation between MetalRNG plc and BriefENERGY Holdings LLP (and others) has provided some further clarity...
Jan 18, 2023 We should give all mothers a break from judgment. By Sarah McLean This is an older study (2018) and there are likely studies, both newer and older, that contradict it in some ways. I clicked on it...
Dec 28, 2022 The Wall Street Journal Features Shearman & Sterling's Reimagined New York City Global Headquarters By Christina Karkafi The Wall Street Journal highlighted Shearman & Sterling’s reimagined New York City global headquarters at 599 Lexington Avenue in its...
Dec 07, 2022 EMEA Restructuring - perspectives on the outlook for 2023 and beyond By Alexander Wood Helena Potts Kevin Heverin Tom McKay +1 more... Show less Shearman & Sterling’s London Financial Restructuring & Insolvency team hosted “EMEA restructuring – perspectives on the outlook for 2023...
Nov 25, 2022 Appropriation – English Court upholds enforcement and considers valuation of financial collateral in a "commercially reasonable manner" By Kevin Heverin Alexander Wood Helena Potts Tom McKay +1 more... Show less In ABT Auto Investments Ltd v Aapico Investment Pte Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 2839 (Comm), the High Court upheld a collateral-taker's...
Nov 16, 2022 Sara Coelho and Alexander Wood on what happens when crypto meets legal frameworks By Alexander Wood Sara Coelho Financial Restructuring & Insolvency partners Sara Coelho and Alexander Wood shared their thoughts on what happens when novel intangible...
Nov 10, 2022 Gas Market Insolvencies in Great Britain: Legal, Regulatory and Insolvency Issues By Thomas Donegan Barney Reynolds Alexander Wood Helena Potts Fraser Padmore Kristina Killick Sandy Collins +4 more... Show less Over the past decade there has been an influx of small- and medium-sized entrants to the U.K. gas supplier market, which is supervised by...
Oct 13, 2022 Sole Director Decision-making under the Model Articles – a welcome development By Michael Scargill Phil Cheveley Maegen Morrison Simon Burrows Nick Withers Karla Dudek Paul Strecker Sam Whitaker Michael Mountain +6 more... Show less Earlier this year a deputy High Court judge in Fore Fitness Investments, set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons by holding that...
Oct 11, 2022 Directors’ Duties in an Insolvency Context: Where Creditor and Shareholder Interests Collide By Alexander Wood Jonathan Swil Michael Scargill James Matthews Chris Collins +2 more... Show less UK Supreme Court gives important judgment on directors’ “creditor duty” The UK Supreme Court in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and ors [2022]...