Charles Russell Speechlys has advised David Lloyd Leisure Limited on its acquisition of The Thames Club, an independent ...

Paul specialises in corporate finance, predominantly for public companies. He has a particular focus on the natural resource, financial services and technology sectors. Paul acts on capital market ...

The issue of interpretation and application of Section 172 arose when Saxon Woods (& fellow minority shareholders), presented a section 994-996 unfair prejudice petition on the basis that Mr Costa ...

Hong Kong-based Private Client Partner Wei Kang has been quoted in The Straits Times discussing the impact of new measures targeting offshore trusts on existing arrangements, necessary due diligence ...

The first Autumn Budget on 28 October 2026 under Prime Minister Andy Burnham is fast approaching, and there is increasing speculation as to what changes may be made to Capital Gains Tax (CGT). This is ...

What is the Building Safety Levy? The Building Safety Levy is due to come into force on 1 October 2026, having been delayed from October 2025. The levy is a charge on new ‘major residential ...

The Court of Appeal in Houssein v London Credit ([2026] EWCA Civ 830) has provided important guidance on three issues of relevance to secured lending transactions: the enforceability of default ...

The Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill (“Bill”) received its first reading in the House of Lords on 9 June 2026. Introduced as a Private Member’s Bill, it proposes a significant expansion ...

The UK’s nil-rate band for Inheritance Tax (IHT) is just £325,000, significantly lower than the US equivalent of approximately $15 million, making IHT planning essential for Americans with UK assets.

This document has been prepared by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP for informational purposes only. Refer here for the PDF version. This article updates and builds on our January 2026 publication on ...

When Federal Decree-Law No. 36/2023 (the Competition Law) was promulgated on 28 September 2023, its most consequential change for M&A was to replace the long-standing ‘market share’-only filing test ...

On 20 April 2026, the Securities and Futures Commission (the "SFC") issued a circular on secondary trading of tokenised SFC-authorised investment products (the "Circular"), setting out the ...