Publications

• UK National Security and Investment Bill
  23 November 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
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  David Innes
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  Timothy McIver
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  Kayleigh Anderson
  ,
  Edoardo Troina
• UK Takeover Code: Key Takeaways of the Panel’s Proposed Changes
  9 November 2020
  David Innes
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
• Looking West? The Impact of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill on the UK Insolvency Framework
  10 July 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
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  Alan J. Davies
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Edoardo Troina
  ,
  Elie J. Worenklein
• Suspension of Wrongful Trading Provisions in the UK
  2 June 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Edoardo Troina
• Public-to-Private Transactions in the UK— Key Considerations for Sponsors in the Current Environment
  20 April 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Jake Grandison
• Public-to-Private Transactions in the UK— Key Considerations for Sponsors in the Current Environment
  18 April 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
• COVID-19: A Guide to the European Resources Available for Private Equity Firms
  3 April 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
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  John W. Rife III
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  Patricia Volhard
• Changes to the UK Rules on Insolvency and Wrongful Trading
  30 March 2020
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
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  David Innes
  ,
  Edoardo Troina
• COVID-19: UK Government Publishes Guidance on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Announces Help for the Self- Employed
  30 March 2020
  David Innes
• Important Regulatory Updates—UK and EU Regulators Respond to COVID-19
  30 March 2020
  David Innes
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  Dr. Clare Swirski
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Vera Losonci
  ,
  Anne-Mette Heemsoth
  ,
  Philip Orange
  ,
  Katie Power
• COVID-19: UK Government Announces Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
  23 March 2020
  David Innes
• COVID-19: Options Open to UK Employers
  18 March 2020
  David Innes
• European Funds Comment: The UK’s New Immigration and Visa Rules
  6 March 2020
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: The Focus on Reporting by Large Private Companies
  17 January 2020
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Reporting by UK Private Equity-Backed Companies
  20 December 2019
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: The Impact of the UK's Modern Slavery Act
  8 November 2019
  Issue 99
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment Newsletter: Improving Transparency in the UK – But at What Cost to Legitimate Businesses?
  19 July 2019
  Issue 88
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• The Future at Lloyd’s – The World’s Leading Insurance Marketplace
  16 May 2019
  Alexander R. Cochran
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  E. Drew Dutton
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  David Innes
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  Dr. Clare Swirski
  ,
  John M. Vasily
• European Funds Comment: The UK Bribery Act: A Good Model for New Corporate Offences?
  3 May 2019
  Issue 77
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Andrew H.W. Lee
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Invest Europe Updates Its ESG Due Diligence Guide
  5 April 2019
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Annual Reporting by Large UK Private Equity-Backed Companies
  1 February 2019
  Issue 65
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: New UK Corporate Governance Disclosures for Private Companies
  18 January 2019
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Private Equity and European Competition Law
  21 September 2018
  Issue 49
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: UK Government Adapts Proposals to Reform Law on Insolvency and Corporate Governance
  14 September 2018
  Issue 48
  Christopher Boyne
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• UK Proposes Increased Scrutiny of Foreign Investments on National Security Grounds
  27 July 2018
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
• European Funds Comment: Corporate Governance in UK Private Companies
  15 June 2018
  Issue 40
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• EU Facilitates Cross-Border Mergers and Online Company Establishment
  11 June 2018
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
• European Funds Comment: Corporate Rescues and the Law of Unintended Consequences
  18 May 2018
  Issue 36
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Good News for UK Directors: The UK Shifts the Balance Between Privacy and Transparency
  2 March 2018
  Issue 28
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses Contingency Planning For Brexit
  4 December 2017
  CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• China to Open its Financial Sector Further to Foreign Investors
  13 November 2017
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  David Grosgold
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  David Innes
  ,
  Thomas M. Kelly
  ,
  Marilyn A. Lion
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Fengjian Ao
  ,
  Tingting Wu
• European Funds Comment: Contingency Planning For Brexit
  10 November 2017
  Issue 15
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• European Funds Comment: Spreading Governance Best Practice?
  15 September 2017
  Issue 7
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• China’s New Guidelines on Overseas Investment Likely to Spur Tighter Regulation of Investments by the PRC Insurance Regulator
  28 August 2017
  Alexander R. Cochran
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  Eric Dinallo
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  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  David Grosgold
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Thomas M. Kelly
  ,
  Marilyn A. Lion
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Fengjian Ao
  ,
  Tingting Wu
• European Funds Comment: The Effect of Tougher UK Rules on Take Privates
  21 July 2017
  Issue 4
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
• Brexit – Issues for Insurance
  6 July 2016
  David Innes
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  Timothy McIver
• Brexit - The Morning After
  24 June 2016
  Lord Goldsmith KC
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  David Innes
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  Vera Losonci
  ,
  Cécile Beurrier
  ,
  Cameron Sim
• UK Private Company and LLP Beneficial Ownership: New Disclosure Requirements from April 2016
  21 March 2016
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
• Important New Public Disclosure Requirements for Major Shareholders of English Private Companies
  14 May 2015
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
• US And UK Share Purchase Agreements: Comparing Approaches
  6 January 2015
  Practical Law
  David Innes
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• United Kingdom - Transactions
  2015
  Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity
  David Innes
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
  ,
  Richard Ward
• UK Takeover Regulator Consults on Rule Changes Prompted by the Pfizer/Astrazeneca Bid Approach
  16 September 2014
  Guy Lewin-Smith
  ,
  David Innes
• Olympic Update: The U.S. and the UK Battle for the Gold on Choice of Law
  Spring 2012, Vol. 12, Number 3
  David Innes
• UK Take Privates: Recent Changes to the Takeover Code
  Spring 2013, Vol. 13, Number 3
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• ALERT - First Year Review of the UK Takeover Code in Action
  Winter 2013
  David Innes
• Dealmaking in the UK Has Gotten Tougher: Impact of Takeover Code Reform
  Winter 2012
  David Innes
• Mapping the Revised UK Takeover Landscape
  11 September 2013
  Law360
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• Private Equity & Venture Capital in the Middle East and Africa – Deal Structuring
  September 2013
  BVCA International Series
  David Innes
• UK Take Privates: Recent Changes to the Takeover Code
  Spring 2013
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• Not Out of the Net: M&A Pitfalls under the AIFMD for Non-EU Acquisitions Made by Non-EU Funds
  26 June 2013
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  David Innes
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2013
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  David A. Brittenham
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Christopher Rosekrans
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2013
  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  E. Drew Dutton
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  David Innes
  ,
  Andrew M. Ostrognai
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  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  Matthew D. Saronson
• Oh, to Be in England!
  7 January 2013
  The Daily Deal
  David Innes
• United Kingdom - Transactions
  2013
  Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity
  David Innes
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• The Impact Of Takeover Code Reform On Dealmaking In The U.K.
  July/August 2012
  David Innes
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2012
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Alan J. Davies
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Pierre Maugüé
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
• UPDATE: Are You A Partner Or Employee?
  20 June 2012
  Private Equity Manager
  David Innes
• Firms Face Cultural Differences When Doing Deals In The US
  9 April 2012
  Private Equity News
  Alan J. Davies
  ,
  David Innes
• Olympic Update: The U.S. and the UK Battle for the Gold on Choice of Law
  Spring 2012
  David Innes
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2012
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Alan J. Davies
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Gary E. Murphy
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Andrew M. Ostrognai
  ,
  Jeffrey E. Ross
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  David A. Brittenham
• United Kingdom - Transactions
  2012
  Getting The Deal Through: Private Equity
  David Innes
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• Principal Changes to the UK Takeover Code
  20 October 2011
  The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
  David Innes
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• Doing Business in the UK under the Bribery Act
  18 October 2011
  Law360
  David Innes
  ,
  Karolos Seeger
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2011
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Karolos Seeger
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Kyra K. Bromley
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  David P. Iozzi
  ,
  Pierre Maugüé
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
• Principal Changes to the UK Takeover Code
  19 September 2011
  David Innes
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
• No Fear of Commitment: Equity Commitment Letters in UK Transactions
  30 June 2011
  EuroWatch
  David Innes
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2011
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Margaret Andrews Davenport
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Alan J. Davies
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Paul R. Berger
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Gavin Anderson
  ,
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky