When security is taken over shares in an English company it is important to check the articles of association of the company which has issued the shares. The articles are

What is it? The Criminal Finances Act 2017 received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 ahead of the dissolution of parliament for the general election. The Act does not contain

A recent Report from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee contains a raft of proposals aimed at improving general corporate governance within UK companies. So what are

The most active legal and financial advisers across the UK mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in the first quarter of 2017 have been revealed in a new report by Experian.

The Government has introduced requirements for organisations to publish and report on their gender pay gap. Employers will have to gather relevant information from their payroll systems and based on

From the start of this month, the national minimum wage for workers aged 25 and over increased to £7.50. A recent case provides a timely reminder for company directors of

Bitcoin, Big Data, blockchain. Technological developments in the financial services industry have developed at a rapid pace in the past few years being dubbed as both a disrupter and a

National law firm Gateley Plc, has advised transformational private equity investor, Endless LLP on the acquisition of shoe retailer Jones Bootmaker from administration. The deal completed on Saturday, 25 March just

With the level of technology currently available to directors enabling remote or flexible working (think Skype, conference calls, tablets and 4G mobiles), directors would be forgiven for thinking that they

Chancellor scraps plans to increase National Insurance Contributions payable by the self-employed. It bore the brunt of Budget criticism from commentators, the public and even Tory party backbenchers, and Philip