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Aug 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Will Chalk |Rob Hanley |Marianna Kennedy |Vanessa Marrison |Becky Clissmann |Karen Davies | +5 more
Equity Capital Markets 1.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Simon L. Bullock |Marianna Kennedy |Nicholas Holmes |Karen Davies |Nick Williamson |Tom H Mercer | +3 more
The FCA has published its proposed rules for companies seeking to admit securities to a UK regulated market or 'primary' multilateral trading facility (MTF) under the new regulatory framework established through the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations (POAT Regulations). Together with the POAT Regulations, the final form rules will, once implemented, replace the UK Prospectus Regulation (see Ashurst update here for further information).
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Karen Davies |Tom H Mercer |Nick Williamson |James Fletcher |Harry Thimont |Jade Jack
Welcome to our review of the UK public M&A market for the second quarter of 2024. A link to download the full review can be found at the bottom of the page. OverviewM&A continues despite the early election callThe UK Public M&A market continued to be active, with volumes increasing after a promising Q1. There was a significant flurry of activity in April and May, in particular, with 28 firm and possible offers announced in those months alone.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
europeanfinancialreview.com | James Fletcher
By James FletcherAs we move towards the midpoint of 2024, the European financial landscape offers a cautiously optimistic outlook for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), buoyed by favourable inflation forecasts and stabilising economic conditions. According to the latest Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) projections, inflation in the European Union is set to decrease from 6.4% in 2023 to 2.7% in 2024 and further to 2.2% in 2025.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jade Jack |Tom H Mercer |Karen Davies |Nick Williamson |James Fletcher |Harry Thimont
On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel published a consultation paper (PCP 2024/1). The PCP proposes a new jurisdictional framework which would narrow the scope of the companies which are subject to the UK Takeover Code. Code jurisdiction was last reviewed by the Panel in 2012 (PCP & RS 2012/3) and then again as part of the Brexit review (PCP & RS 2018/2).
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Harry Thimont |Karen Davies |Tom H Mercer |Nick Williamson |James Fletcher |Jade Jack
Political and economic pressures from 2023Following on from a string of remarkable years, 2023 was no less interesting. Global tensions remained heightened, as demonstrated by the ongoing war in Europe and the evolving conflict in the Middle East. US politicians kept us entertained and, whilst the UK only had the one prime minister in 2023, political pressures were no less fraught this side of the Atlantic. In the UK, the year ended far less badly than many had predicted though.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk | James Fletcher
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) outlines legal decision-making procedures in England and Wales for people above the age of 16 who have an impairment of, or disturbance in, the functioning of the mind or brain. It specifies that research involving these people must be approved by a research ethics committee (REC) sanctioned by the Secretary of State.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
5sah.co.uk | James Fletcher
James Fletcher & John McNamara discuss the importance of applying the hearsay rules correctly in asset recovery cases in the magistrates’ courtAccount Freezing and Forfeiture Orders (AFFOs) are civil applications restraining account holders from dealing with the balances of accounts. The applications are heard in the magistrates’ court. But don’t let the summary jurisdiction fool you, such cases can be factually and legally complicated.
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Jun 2, 2023 | 
bmccancer.biomedcentral.com | James Fletcher |Benignus Logan |Natasha Reid |Emily Gordon |Rahul Ladwa |Ruth Hubbard
Protocol and registrationThe protocol for this scoping review protocol was prospectively registered with Open Science Framework (registration ID osf.io/gchq8) and developed in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews criteria [17].
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Apr 17, 2023 | 
github.blog | Walker Chabbott |Kelly Arwine |Dorothy Mitchell |James Fletcher
In January, we launched default setup, a new way to enable code scanning. Default setup has been a game changer, allowing you to enable code scanning on your repository in just a few clicks, without using a .yaml workflow file. We’ve gotten great feedback from the security community, and the numbers speak for themselves. Almost half of all new code scanning implementations now utilize default setup to enable code scanning and 96% of users who try default setup continue to use the feature today.
