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Posted by James Worrall, Partner
The Chartered Governance Institute (“ICSA”) has now published further guidance for listed companies on holding valid AGMs in light of the government imposed stay at home measures.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
With City A.M. reporting that dealmaking activity in the UK has unsurprisingly slumped in response to the effects of the global coronavirus outbreak, what does this mean for buyers, sellers and funders currently involved in transactions in the UK?
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
HMRC has announced a change to its process for stamping stock transfer forms and form SH03s and the payment of stamp duty.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
In the midst of the unprecedented challenges facing companies, boards of directors around the UK are considering their personal responsibilities as directors and the corporate governance processes their companies have in place. The Corporate team here are Royds Withy King are being consulted by a number of boards at the moment and James Worrall, a partner in the South West team, shares some of his experiences and advice below.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
With Brexit behind us now, and the UK one month into the transition period, it’s still business as usual (well, almost) for the rest of 2020. There is, however, plenty of speculation out there about how UK plc will perform this year. Brexit benefits, rate of growth, the likelihood of the EU/UK FTA being wrapped up by 31 December… there is still much we don’t know. Corporate Partners James Worrall and Iain Butler look at the facts and add their voices to the discussion.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
Bristol is a city that prides itself on being able to combine its strong ethical compass with commercial ambition. So when the Employee Ownership Association (EOA) recently issued a challenge to the government (whatever its complexion post 12 December) to adopt and implement a new, national strategy for employee ownership, we thought that Bristol would be brilliantly placed to take advantage.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
Royds Withy King has presented a bench to a scheme run by its charity partner which gives everyone the chance to get into cycling.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
“Royds Withy King have been the perfect legal partner to support us through the negotiations with our investors. They took a commercial and pragmatic approach while still providing invaluable advice with our best interest at heart.”
– Shane Carnell-Xu, Co-Founder, Shakeup Cosmetics Limited
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
Royds Withy King has been shortlisted for Advisory Firm of the Year at the Business Leader Awards 2019 in Bristol.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
The Corporate team at Royds Withy King has supported beauty start-up Shakeup Cosmetics on an equity investment as part of an initial funding round to support the launch of the business.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
The recent High Court decision in Burnden Holdings (UK) ltd (in liquidation) v Fielding serves as an important reminder of the importance of careful planning and execution for corporates planning a demerger or distribution as well as highlighting the importance for all boards of the directors’ duties regime.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
Bath’s largest digital media buying agency, SearchStar, is the latest South West headquartered technology company to be snapped up by a US firm.