Welcome to the first 2019 edition of Dentons' UK Corporate Briefing.
The UK is currently due to leave the European Union at 11.00pm UK time on 29 March 2019. Whether it will, and if it does, on what terms, remains as unclear now as at any time since the 2016 referendum result. Against this background, we start this edition with a review of some key impacts of Brexit on the regulation of companies and corporate M&A transactions.
In this edition, our lawyers examine:
Brexit
Brexit - key issues for the regulation of companies and corporate M&A transactions
Legislation
New boost to SME receivables finance? New regulations come into force
Case law update
Ensuring an entire agreement clause is fit for purpose
Share sale agreement: terms of earn-out unenforceable as agreement to agree
High Court considers how to interpret a right of first refusal in a shareholders' agreement
Regulatory update
More guidance published on new corporate reporting regulations
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