Corporate
The long-term trajectory of global dealmaking activity has been one of growth. Favourable interest rates and ready access to capital in recent years have driven much of this activity, as have transformative factors such as the drive towards digitalisation, decarbonisation and the rapidly changing urban dynamics of our work and home lives.
Osborne Clarke advises at each step of a company's growth and on the full spectrum of corporate issues, partnering businesses as they expand through equity and debt fundraisings, joint ventures, acquisition, initial public offerings, and on compliant and efficient management.
Article list
Diversity and inclusion
Pay transparency rules are making compliant employee diversity data collection an international business priority
22/10/2026
Read time
4m
Asset tracing and enforcement
Fraud, Asset Tracing and Enforcement Update | October 2026
Developments in cross-border disputes law and practice in England and Wales
15/10/2026
Read time
5m
Tax
Autumn Budget 2026: what tax measures can the UK expect?
Price of stability may delay difficult decisions on tax
06/10/2026
Read time
5m
The UK Budget
Contingent workforces contend with major reform in the countdown to the UK Budget
Employer costs, worker rights and supply chain risk are at the fore in the month before the chancellor's fiscal plan
01/10/2026
Read time
9m
Corporate
The reverse vesting clause in Spain: basis, mechanics and key points for negotiation
How the clause is structured and why this clause is key when negotiating shareholders’ agreements between founders and investors
28/09/2026
Read time
7m
Tax
Box 3 and start-up to scale-up tax reforms put SARs in focus for Dutch employee incentives
The most extensive Dutch tax reforms in decades prompt founders and CEOs to rethink how to reward and retain their...
08/09/2026
Read time
8m
Tax
Government consults on taxation of UK-resident members of reverse hybrids including US LLCs
Proposals to treat the interests of UK-resident individuals as tax transparent could end years of US LCC double taxation
28/08/2026
Read time
5m
Tax
Government consults on wide-ranging reform of the UK distributions framework
HMRC's consultation could overhaul the tax treatment of returns of value from companies to individual shareholders
21/08/2026
Read time
4m
Corporate
London Stock Exchange overhauls AIM Rules: effective from 5 August 2026
The revised rules bring changes to admission documents, transaction thresholds, governance requirements and the route to market for international companies
10/08/2026
Read time
5m
Corporate
Corporate law 101s: capital contributions into UK companies
Capital contributions are common in some jurisdictions, yet their legal basis in the UK remains unsettled and their tax treatment...
10/08/2026
Read time
5m
Tax
HMRC consultation signals major expansion of UK uncertain tax treatment notification regime
Proposals would bring individuals, trusts and new taxes into scope alongside a contentious new notification trigger
04/08/2026
Read time
2m
Tax
UK publishes draft legislation for new Securities Transfer Tax
A new single tax will replace the current Stamp Duty and SDRT regimes from next year
23/07/2026
Read time
5m
Corporate
Multiple voting shares: the European directive and its transposition in Spain
The transposition of the Multiple Voting Shares Directive marks a fundamental shift in Spanish company law
23/07/2026
Read time
4m
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance
ESG Knowledge Update | July 2026
Welcome to Osborne Clarke's ESG Knowledge Update from our multi-disciplinary ESG team
22/07/2026
Read time
11m
Mergers and acquisitions
M&A in uncertain times: a UK perspective
Structural shifts in the UK M&A environment have brought regulatory, contractual and pricing risk allocation into much sharper focus for...
14/07/2026
Read time
7m
Diversity and inclusion
Diversity data strategies need more than a one-size-fits-all approach from global employers
Pay transparency rules are making compliant employee diversity data collection an international business priority
22/10/2026
Read time
4m
Asset tracing and enforcement
Fraud, Asset Tracing and Enforcement Update | October 2026
Developments in cross-border disputes law and practice in England and Wales
15/10/2026
Read time
5m
Tax
Autumn Budget 2026: what tax measures can the UK expect?
Price of stability may delay difficult decisions on tax
06/10/2026
Read time
5m
The UK Budget
Contingent workforces contend with major reform in the countdown to the UK Budget
Employer costs, worker rights and supply chain risk are at the fore in the month before the chancellor's fiscal plan
01/10/2026
Read time
9m
Corporate
The reverse vesting clause in Spain: basis, mechanics and key points for negotiation
How the clause is structured and why this clause is key when negotiating shareholders’ agreements between founders and investors
28/09/2026
Read time
7m
Tax
Box 3 and start-up to scale-up tax reforms put SARs in focus for Dutch employee incentives
The most extensive Dutch tax reforms in decades prompt founders and CEOs to rethink how to reward and retain their...
08/09/2026
Read time
8m
Tax
Government consults on taxation of UK-resident members of reverse hybrids including US LLCs
Proposals to treat the interests of UK-resident individuals as tax transparent could end years of US LCC double taxation
28/08/2026
Read time
5m
Tax
Government consults on wide-ranging reform of the UK distributions framework
HMRC's consultation could overhaul the tax treatment of returns of value from companies to individual shareholders
21/08/2026
Read time
4m
Corporate
London Stock Exchange overhauls AIM Rules: effective from 5 August 2026
The revised rules bring changes to admission documents, transaction thresholds, governance requirements and the route to market for international companies
10/08/2026
Read time
5m
Corporate
Corporate law 101s: capital contributions into UK companies
Capital contributions are common in some jurisdictions, yet their legal basis in the UK remains unsettled and their tax treatment...
10/08/2026
Read time
5m
Tax
HMRC consultation signals major expansion of UK uncertain tax treatment notification regime
Proposals would bring individuals, trusts and new taxes into scope alongside a contentious new notification trigger
04/08/2026
Read time
2m
Tax
UK publishes draft legislation for new Securities Transfer Tax
A new single tax will replace the current Stamp Duty and SDRT regimes from next year
23/07/2026
Read time
5m
Corporate
Multiple voting shares: the European directive and its transposition in Spain
The transposition of the Multiple Voting Shares Directive marks a fundamental shift in Spanish company law
23/07/2026
Read time
4m
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance
ESG Knowledge Update | July 2026
Welcome to Osborne Clarke's ESG Knowledge Update from our multi-disciplinary ESG team
22/07/2026
Read time
11m
Mergers and acquisitions
M&A in uncertain times: a UK perspective
Structural shifts in the UK M&A environment have brought regulatory, contractual and pricing risk allocation into much sharper focus for...
14/07/2026
Read time
7m