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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

Dispute resolution

France extends legal privilege for the first time to in-house counsel

A new law giving statutory protections to company lawyers marks a significant shift in French corporate legal practice

09/07/2026

Read time 2m

Corporate

Corporate fOCus | June 2026

Welcome to our round-up of corporate law and regulation insights for large listed and unlisted corporate groups in the UK...

30/06/2026

Read time 4m

Corporate

AIM reforms: what the LSE's changes mean for London's growth market

The LSE has set out near-final plans to make its growth market more attractive to innovative and growing companies

30/06/2026

Read time 6m

Corporate

New rules proposed to make it easier for foreign companies to relocate to the UK

Government consults on allowing foreign companies to re-domicile to the UK without needing to incorporate a new company

25/06/2026

Read time 4m

Corporate

Corporate governance trends set the agenda for Spain's listed companies

Parity rules, rising investor scrutiny and the Spanish Good Governance Code's first review since 2020 converge on boards

18/06/2026

Read time 3m

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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

Dispute resolution

France extends legal privilege for the first time to in-house counsel

A new law giving statutory protections to company lawyers marks a significant shift in French corporate legal practice

09/07/2026

Read time 2m

Corporate

Corporate fOCus | June 2026

Welcome to our round-up of corporate law and regulation insights for large listed and unlisted corporate groups in the UK...

30/06/2026

Read time 4m

Corporate

AIM reforms: what the LSE's changes mean for London's growth market

The LSE has set out near-final plans to make its growth market more attractive to innovative and growing companies

30/06/2026

Read time 6m

Corporate

New rules proposed to make it easier for foreign companies to relocate to the UK

Government consults on allowing foreign companies to re-domicile to the UK without needing to incorporate a new company

25/06/2026

Read time 4m

Corporate

Corporate governance trends set the agenda for Spain's listed companies

Parity rules, rising investor scrutiny and the Spanish Good Governance Code's first review since 2020 converge on boards

18/06/2026

Read time 3m

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