How can shareholder resolutions be passed despite the coronavirus restrictions? Facilitation now applies to the wording of simple shareholder resolutions – for example, the resolution on the approval of the annual financial statements currently pending at many companies. However, this only applies to such resolutions for which a simple resolution...

As many businesses face major business interruption and heightened cyber risk through working from home at scale, Osborne Clarke's international Cyber team, combined with S-RM Intelligence and Risk Consulting, hosted on 8 April 2020 a webinar covering 10 key cyber security questions that companies have been asking during the current...

In this webinar we explore the broad categories of legal and regulatory risk that are generated by digital transformation initiatives, how it is impacting on regulators and regulation, and practical issues such as making sure your legal team has the right skill sets to support the business as it transforms...

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's Coronavirus Legal Briefing, our newsletter on business law issues in these sombre times. In this edition, Dipika Keen discusses the UK government's package of funding schemes to support businesses, including this week's announcement of the 'Future Fund'. If you would like more specific guidance, please connect...

The CNMV plans to approve, no later than June / July 2020, the amendment of certain recommendations of the 2015 Good Governance Code, in order for said amendment to apply to the annual corporate governance reports of listed companies for this year. The proposed amendment, presented in early 2020, was...

On 23 April 2020, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that new legislation will be introduced to prevent landlords from using what it sees as "aggressive debt recovery actions". Whilst tenants will welcome this new legislation, landlords will likely be less impressed by further restrictions on their...

The general purpose of the Decree is to automatically grant a general suspension to companies that have been affected by the coronavirus crisis, by protecting these companies from seizures, dissolution or bankruptcy as from the 24 April until the 17 May – the Suspension Period – which can be prolonged...

As the government looks to ease emergency restrictions, what issues should businesses consider? Employers will need to start to assess how they adapt to a new stage of the lockdown after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his Downing Street speech (Monday 27 April) that the nation was coming to...

Originally published by our relationship firm BTG Legal , the legal adviser to Osborne Clarke's clients in India, this PDF examines the employment issues that have occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are a number of employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown...

Welcome to the latest edition of our Public Service Pensions Update. With Covid-19 continuing to affect almost every aspect of day-to-day life and work, we highlight our pensions developments tracker and a number of public service-specific announcements and resources. We also discuss other recent developments, including around the McCloud case...