Gareth Sykes

Jul 26, 2024 | lexology.com | Sarah Hawes |James Palmer |Gareth Sykes |Stephen Wilkinson

In the King’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session, the government announced that it intends to put forward a draft Audit and Governance Reform Bill. In May 2022, the Conservative government published the response to its March 2021 consultation paper Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance (read more on our blog here).

Jul 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Isabella Kelly |Gareth Sykes |Heike Schmitz |Carolyn Pugsley

Click here to listen to the audio. Isabella Kelly is joined by Gareth Sykes, Heike Schmitz and Carolyn Pugsley for a tour of some of the key ESG reporting requirements internationally and the work that is being done to understand how they map against each other. They discuss challenges around the regimes’ differences in materiality thresholds, subject matter coverage and approaches to protection from liability.

Jan 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Sarah Hawes |Caroline Rae |Gareth Sykes |Robert Moore

The FCA is pressing ahead with plans for a revolutionary restructuring of the UK listing framework. Its consultation paper CP 23/31, published on 20 December 2023, sets out the first tranche of draft rules for the UK's new combined single category listing regime. This snapshot provides an overview of the proposed new rules applicable to the ESCC Category.

Oct 23, 2023 | mondaq.com | Mark Bardell |Antonia Kirkby |Gareth Sykes

In the latest episode of our shareholder activism podcast series, we talk about activism and AGMs. We discuss in particular: why we see more activism around AGMs; the sorts of areas that activists target; and what companies can do to prepare ahead of their next AGM. To listen to the full conversation, please visit SoundCloud, iTunes or Spotify. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter.