The proactive duty to prevent sexual harassment: What do employers need to know?
From 26 October 2024, employers will have a new legal obligation to “take reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment. Here we explain how the law is changing, sanctions for non-compliance and what you can be doing now to prepare for the new duty in the run-up to October and beyond.
Published 12 September 2024
EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYERS
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Share Classes
Creating new share classes can be a useful way of attracting new participants, allowing a company to offer shares that are particularly focussed towards their desired investors. Whether you are considering re-organising the ownership of your business or are keen to understand the most suitable structure for a planned investment, this guide can help you with some common questions in relation to share classes.
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Published 25 June 2024
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Getting a Business Ready for Sale
Prior to approaching the market or agreeing terms with a prospective buyer, undertaking adequate preparations for sale can contribute to a smoother transaction for all parties. In this guide, we look at some key questions to consider in respect of the readiness of a business for a potential sale.
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Published 23 June 2024
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Share Buybacks
Put simply, a share buyback is where a company purchases its own shares from an existing shareholder. In this guide, we will look at some key aspects of share buybacks in relation to private limited companies incorporated in England & Wales.
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Published 10 April 2024
CORPORATE & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Heads of Terms
In this guide we will look at heads of terms as they relate to the sale of a business or assets in England & Wales. Whether identified as “heads of terms”, a “letter of intent” or “heads of agreement”, these documents summarise the key terms of a proposed transaction.
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Published 16 March 2024
CORPORATE & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Shareholder Rights
Whether you are a minority shareholder concerned about what influence you can exert over a company’s affairs, or a founding shareholder, considering the amount of equity you would be prepared to sell to investors without losing control – this guide is here to help you understand what shareholders can do and when.
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Published 17 February 2024
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Financial services seminar slides February 2024
Published 8 February 2024
BANKING & FINANCIAL DISPUTES & FINANCIAL SERVICES
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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at Collyer Bristow – 2023 report
We have an increasingly diverse workforce and we are committed to furthering our inclusive and supportive culture, in line with our Values as a firm. This report summarises our diversity statistics for 2023 and is a full representation of our firm in relation to age, however, the other categories are based on responses received.
Published 11 January 2024
FIRM MANAGEMENT
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Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Depositions
Hague Convention letters of request are an effective and common tool used by US litigants to obtain evidence and documents from potential witnesses in the UK where the witnesses are unwilling to give evidence voluntarily for US proceedings.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
Published 18 December 2023
COMMERCIAL DISPUTES
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International legal specialists with an Italian focus
2004 saw the beginning of our focus on Italy that has continued since. We have knowledge of the legal, commercial and cultural environments of the two countries, of the workings of Italian business, and the preferences of Italian clients.
Published 23 October 2023
INTERNATIONAL
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Resealing foreign grants of probate
Our experienced team offers you and your clients clear and competitive pricing and a clear and efficient timeline.
Published 10 October 2023
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Employment and Immigration Expertise
An overview of our Employment and Immigration services.
Published 11 September 2023
BUSINESS IMMIGRATION & EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYERS & IMMIGRATION & MANUFACTURING
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Share v. Asset Sales
Share and asset purchases are the two methods of acquiring a business in the UK.
Do you know their differences? The business of a sole trader or unregistered partnership can only be acquired through an asset purchase as there is no owning entity for the assets which can be acquired, while a share purchase can be used for the acquisition of all or part of the shares in a company which owns and operates a business.
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Published 1 September 2023
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Shareholders’ Agreements: the Basics
Did you know that a shareholders’ agreement is a written agreement, between the shareholders of a company, as to the relationship between them and how the company should be managed. By including the company as a party, the shareholders can ensure that it is both bound by and able to enforce the terms of the agreement against contravening shareholders.
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Published 18 August 2023
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Employment lawyers
An overview of our Employment services. Our Employment Lawyers work closely with many types of clients across a wide range of sectors providing advice on a variety of issues, whether they are HR-related, strategic, complex or contentious.
Published 11 August 2023
EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYERS
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Corporate Know-How Guides: Selling a Business
We look at the flip side of price structuring, instead focusing on how a seller could secure elements of the purchase price that are delayed – or at least obtain comfort around the buyer’s ability to pay them.
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Published 5 August 2023
CORPORATE & MANUFACTURING & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
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