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Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023 — Identity Verification And Companies House Filings (2025 Update)

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) is reshaping UK company administration. Aimed at preventing the misuse of UK corporate structures...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CMA Merger Control – A More Investment Friendly Regime?

In response to pressure from the UK government, the CMA continues to implement changes to UK merger control to showcase its commitment...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

Trick or treat! Jack Edwards and Lucy Robson ask if listed companies should be watching over their shoulders for activists this Hallowe'en, or if there might be a jump-scare lurking closer to home…

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

UK Legal Update - Autumn 2025

Our round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in UK law and practice for our international stakeholders.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Professional Services: The LLP Is Dead, Long Live The LLP!

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Are You In A Puzzle Or A Mystery?

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

ESG Circular - Issue 1 - October 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

The Next Era Of Sustainability Leadership: CEO Survey Shows The Business Case Is Now

United Kingdom Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Case Study: Navigating The UK's Inheritance Tax Challenges

Worldwide Commercial

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Dixcart UK

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Statutory Books, Centralised Records And What Businesses Must Do Now

United Kingdom Commercial

Gardner Leader

Built To Scale: Andrew Gough On Growing GCD Technologies (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Corporate Reporting – Government Announces Reform Proposals

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Capital Markets – Transitional Provisions And Latest FCA Guidance In Primary Market Bulletin 58

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ECCTA Identity Verification: What You Need To Know Now

United Kingdom Commercial

Gardner Leader

The Space: Mental Health And Wellbeing - Episode Two (Podcast)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Gowling WLG

Traveling To Europe? What You Need To Know About New EES And ETIAS (Podcast)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Mayer Brown

A Guide To Marriage And Civil Partnership Visit Visas

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Indefinite Leave To Remain In The UK - Changes To Requirements

United Kingdom Employment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Boardroom Agility—Strategies For Modern Boards Managing Crises, Compliance & Collective Responsibility (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

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How The New Fundraising Code Protects Your Charity From The Next Pudsey Bear Scandal

The regulatory shift that charities have been preparing for is now almost upon us. The new Code of Fundraising Practice (‘the 2025 Code') will take effect on 1 November 2025, moving the sector decisively from prescriptive...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

Conflicts Of Interest: What Are They And How Can A Charity Manage Them?

Conflicts of interest can affect charities of all shapes and sizes. They can make it difficult for a conflicted trustee to act in their charity's best interests...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Honouring Tiny Lives: Baby Loss Awareness Week 9–15 October

Every year, thousands of families experience the heartbreak of losing a baby during pregnancy, birth, or shortly after. Baby Loss Awareness Week...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Where Are We Now?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Charity Commission Publishes Its First Annual Charity Sector Risk Assessment

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

Five Grantmakers Launch £15m Collaborative Fund Tackling Child Poverty In UK

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

Withers' Charity Legacy Team Wins £1.9m Legacy Dispute Involving Animal Charities

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

Guidance From Fundraising Regulator On Handling Cashless Donations

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

Fundraising Regulator Issues New Code Of Fundraising Practice

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

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M&A/Private Equity

CMA Merger Control – A More Investment Friendly Regime?

In response to pressure from the UK government, the CMA continues to implement changes to UK merger control to showcase its commitment...

United Kingdom Commercial

DP

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Episode 20: "Trick Or Treat?" Will The Activists Be Out This Hallowe'en?... (Podcast)

Trick or treat! Jack Edwards and Lucy Robson ask if listed companies should be watching over their shoulders for activists this Hallowe'en, or if there might be a jump-scare lurking closer to home…

United Kingdom Commercial

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Professional Services: The LLP Is Dead, Long Live The LLP!

An article for professional services leaders and advisers on the LLP's resurgence amid private equity investment and looming tax reforms. It covers new Companies House identity rules...

United Kingdom Commercial

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Assets In The UK And Inheritance Tax – Planning Opportunities Available For Certain Individuals

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Dixcart Group Limited

Capital Markets – Transitional Provisions And Latest FCA Guidance In Primary Market Bulletin 58

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Commercial Reality Check Raises Consolidation Prospects For U.K. Altnets

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

M&A – CMA Consultation On Revised Approach To Merger Remedies

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Your Guide To ID Verification For ECCTA 2023: Private Equity Funds, Portfolio Companies

United Kingdom Commercial

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Browne Jacobson

Transatlantic Securitisation Alignment: How 2025 UK And EU Reforms Reshape Compliance For US Structures

Worldwide Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Compliance

High Court Dismisses Liquidator's Dishonest Assistance And Fraudulent Trading Claims, Rejecting All Allegations Of Dishonesty

The decision clarifies that the General Rolling Stock principle (whereby limitation periods cease to run against a company in liquidation) does not apply to companies in foreign insolvency processes.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Statutory Books, Centralised Records And What Businesses Must Do Now

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) heralds the most significant overhaul of UK company administration in a generation.

United Kingdom Commercial

Gardner Leader

ECCTA Identity Verification: What You Need To Know Now

When the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received Royal Assent in October 2023, one of the significant reforms was the introduction of mandatory identity verification for company directors...

United Kingdom Commercial

Gardner Leader

European Parliament Rejects "Omnibus" Negotiating Mandate On CSRD And CSDDD Simplification

United Kingdom Commercial

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Court Of Appeal Confirms Repudiatory Breaches Were "Capable Of Remedy" For The Purposes Of A Deemed Transfer Provision In A Shareholders' Agreement

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Deforestation Regulation: More Changes And Possible Delays Likely

European Union Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

How The New Fundraising Code Protects Your Charity From The Next Pudsey Bear Scandal

United Kingdom Commercial

HL

Hunters

Are You Ready For The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act? Key Changes For Businesses

United Kingdom Commercial

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Sole Trader Or Limited Company: Choosing The Right UK Business Structure

United Kingdom Commercial

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Halliday Styan

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Venture Capital

Case Study: Navigating The UK's Inheritance Tax Challenges

In this scenario, an international private client, let's call him John, a UK resident in his early 70s and a widower, found himself confronted with a substantial Inheritance Tax (IHT) bill.

Worldwide Commercial

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Dixcart UK

Assets In The UK And Inheritance Tax – Planning Opportunities Available For Certain Individuals

It is important that UK inheritance tax is taken into careful consideration, in particular by individuals who have assets in the UK.

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Dixcart Group Limited

Final FCA Capital Rules: Good News For Founders And Investors

In a previous alert, ‘UK Regulatory Capital Reforms: A Boost for Start-Up Founders and Venture Capital Investors?', we discussed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consultation on simplifying...

United Kingdom Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Value-Added Tax (VAT) In Portugal

Worldwide Commercial

DG

Dixcart Group Limited

AIM: The Future Need Not Be So Bleak

United Kingdom Commercial

HL

Hunters

Private Equity Investment In Education: Understanding The Market

United Kingdom Consumer

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Macfarlanes LLP

Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Why Less Might Be More (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Founder Vesting And Leaver Provisions – VC And Founder's Insights

United Kingdom Commercial

HL

Hunters

7 Tips for Choosing the Right Funding Options For Your Startup

United Kingdom Commercial

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LegalVision

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Latest Videos

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Built To Scale: Andrew Gough On Growing GCD Technologies (Podcast)

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Lewis Silkin

Incontra Gianluigi Cassandra: Avvocato Italo-Britannico | Avvocato in Diritto Commerciale (Video)

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Latitude Law

ECCTA Explained: Global Reach Of The UK's Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act (Video)

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Jones Day

Episode 13: From Wigan To The LSE – The Reality Of Life As A Female CEO (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

"Ignorance Not An Excuse" – Knights Partner Highlights Key Points Of Incoming Pathfinder Programme (Video)

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Knights

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