Transactions

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss: Corporate reporting – revised financial thresholds New regulations have been laid before Parliament to increase the company size thresholds for small and medium-sized companies for financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025. ISS Proxy Voting Guidelines for 2025 The ISS has published its Proxy Voting Guidelines effective for meetings held on or after 1 February 2025. Private Equity: PERG 17th report The Private Equity Reporting Group has published its latest annual report on conformity with the Guidelines for Disclosure and Transparency in private equity originally recommended by Sir David Walker in 2007. Court decides that model articles do work for sole directors A recent case has determined that a sole director does have authority to act under the model articles, despite two other recent cases that suggested otherwise.