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Responsibility Incorporated - General counsel and the dawning ESG revolution
Our flagship report assesses the key ESG trends, drawing on interviews with 20 GCs. Includes nine themes set to dominate corporate agendas through the …
Corporate Governance snapshot: Mandatory climate-related reporting by UK premium listed companies
From 2022, all premium listed companies must report in line with the TCFD Recommendations and TCFD Recommended Disclosures on climate-related reporting, …
Governance: Changes to UK insolvency law could impact secured and unsecured bank debt (UK)
Update; The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 commenced into effect on 26 June 2020. While the final provisions of the Act largely reflected …
Governance: Changes to UK insolvency law could significantly reduce landlords’ recoveries in an insolvency process (UK)
Update; The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 commenced into effect on 26 June 2020. While the final provisions of the Act largely reflected …
Governance: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill: impact on supply chains and their customers (UK)
Update; The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 commenced into effect on 26 June 2020. While the final provisions of the Act largely reflected …
Insurance articles for The In-House Lawyer magazine, Spring 2020 edition
The insurance team at Herbert Smith Freehills has contributed two articles to the latest edition of The In-House Lawyer magazine. The articles consider …
COVID-19: Governance: AGMs and corporate reporting: managing disruption (UK)
Many UK listed companies are currently preparing for their AGM to take place during spring and summer 2020. In light of the 2019 novel coronavirus …
All together now: The important role that UK business has to play in wider society
In many jurisdictions there has been a considerable increase in focus on corporate governance issues in recent years. In particular, additional …
Reforms to the audit market – major changes ahead
Recent years have seen an unprecedented focus on audit and auditors in the UK. This has been driven, at least in part, by a number of high-profile …
Directors’ Duties in the UK – the rise of the Stakeholder?
There has in recent years been a renewed focus on the role of business in society in the UK. Factors contributing to this have included the continuing, …
Corporate governance for large private companies: a flexible framework
The final form Wates Corporate Governance Principles for Large Private Companies (the Wates Principles) have been published by the working group chaired …
GC100 guidance on section 172: focus on directors’ duties
GC100, the association of general counsel and company secretaries working in UK FTSE 100 companies, has published guidance on directors’ duties under …
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