Corporate Finance News - August 2020

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST EDITION OF CORPORATE FINANCE NEWS. READ ON FOR UPDATES RELATING TO COVID-19; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS; CLIMATE CHANGE AND MORE...

COVID-19: LEGAL & REGULATORY CHANGES

CORPORATE INSOLVENCY AND GOVERNANCE ACT 2020 IN FORCE

Filed under:
United Kingdom, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Corporate governance, Private equity, Cryptocurrency, Coronavirus, European Securities and Markets Authority
Authors:
Will Chalk , Simon Wood , Jeremy Cruse
Location:
United Kingdom
Firm:
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 165

Included in this update: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill introduced to Parliament; FRC updates guidance on corporate governance and reporting and more...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill introduced to Parliament

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United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Corporate governance, Moratorium, Annual general meeting, Coronavirus, Financial Reporting Council
Authors:
Will Chalk , Richard Preston , Neville Moore , Jack Edwards
Location:
United Kingdom
Firm:
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Governance & Compliance update - Issue 174

Included in this update: Government extends temporary COVID-19 measures in CIGA 2020 and more...

COVID-19

CIGA 2020 extensions in force

Filed under:
European Union, United Kingdom, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Tax, White Collar Crime, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Brexit, Libor, Modern slavery, Money laundering, ESG, Coronavirus, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), European Commission, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), European Securities and Markets Authority, Modern Slavery Act 2015 (UK)
Authors:
Will Chalk , Richard Preston , Neville Moore
Location:
European Union, United Kingdom
Firm:
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Jetivia SA & Another v Bilta (UK) Limited (in liquidation) and Others [2015] UKSC 23

Where a company brings a claim against its directors for losses caused by their wrongdoing, the Supreme Court has confirmed the established position that directors cannot escape the claim by arguing that their actions are attributed to the company itself on the basis that the directors were acting as the agents of the company. 

Filed under:
United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Authors:
Will Chalk
Location:
United Kingdom
Firm:
Addleshaw Goddard LLP