13 Mar, 2024 The Parker Review 2024: Shaping ethnic diversity in UK business By Holly Insley Emily Rigler Gillingham Amelia Lamp Following the release of the FTSE Women Leaders Review two weeks ago (on which you can read our blog post, here), the latest Parker...
28 Feb, 2024 FTSE Women Leaders Review: the findings and recommendations By Holly Insley Emily Rigler Gillingham This time last year, it was revealed that FTSE 350 companies had hit the target of 40% female representation on boards, three years ahead...
26 Feb, 2024 Investment Association Principles of Remuneration – Watch this Space! By Alice Greenwell David Mendel After something of a false start earlier this year, the Investment Association (IA) has now published its letter to FTSE 350 Remuneration...
07 Feb, 2024 Malus and clawback – what should companies be doing to comply with the revised UK Corporate Governance Code? By Alice Greenwell Regina Erie Amy Rentell Revised Code requirements The UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) has for some time stated that remuneration policies should include...
30 Jan, 2024 Is It a Done Deal? Breach of Warranty Claims: How to Protect Your Position By Ali Kirby-Harris Emily Tilden-Smith Charlotte Dunn Post-closing disputes are on the rise. The post-covid M&A surge led to pressurised negotiations resulting, in some cases, in less due...
22 Jan, 2024 New Rules for Political Influencing in Germany: An update to Germany's Lobbying Register Act By Alex Schmidtke Lena Hanke Laura Knoke Just in time for the two-year anniversary of the first German Lobbying Register at Federal Level in 2022, the first reform of the German...
09 Jan, 2024 Employment, incentives and pensions: six key themes to look out for in 2024 By Amy Rentell 2023 was a busy year for updates in the employment, incentives and pensions space. And as we move into the new year, there are no signs...
11 Dec, 2023 Compliance duties on German boards – 10 years on from the landmark decision in Siemens v. Neubürger By Nicholas Schoch Cristina Hajek Gross Felix Mayer Introduction Yesterday (10 December 2023) was the tenth anniversary of what must be the most cited decision when it comes to board-level...
06 Dec, 2023 The EU’s New ‘Ecocide’ Directive and Corporate Liability for Environmental Offences By Lea Babucke Philip Kroner On 16 November 2023, the European Parliament and the Council provisionally agreed on a new directive tackling environmental crimes....
04 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Are whistleblowers turning away from internal reporting? By Harriet Gaillard Alice Brindle Rufus Stirling Emily Darlow +1 more... Show less The impact of an employee blowing the whistle externally can be significant. Not only can it spin the narrative out of an organisation’s...
07 Nov, 2023 Final nail in the coffin for governance reforms? By Rós Ní Dhubháin Brock Dahl Timothy Howard Andrew Bulovsky Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Corbiere Regina Erie Jordan Salzman +5 more... Show less It is what was missing from the King’s Speech that is getting our attention today. Specifically, the lack of any reference to audit and...
07 Nov, 2023 Economic crime and corporate transparency: Significant company law changes and new offences By Annie Whiteside The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October is aimed at preventing the abuse of UK...