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Lewis Silkin has advised Publicis Sapient on its new joint venture with Tquila
Deal
11 January 2024Lewis Silkin has advised Publicis Sapient, a digital business transformation company, on its new joint venture with Tquila - PS Hummingbird. The strategic joint venture is designed to further build Publicis Sapient’s core AI capabilities and practices.
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Establishing a business presence in the UK
Inbrief
13 April 2022If you are a non-UK corporate body and you wish to establish a business presence in the UK, this brief guide covers the main issues you need to consider.
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Lewis Silkin advises The CLV Group through a joint venture to create Waiv Global
Deal
22 December 2021Lewis Silkin is pleased to continue its relationship with The Customer Lifetime Value Group, advising the transformation consultancy on its latest business venture. The CLV Group has partnered with Peter Trembling Consultancy to launch Waiv Global, delivering a revolutionary approach to global fan engagement and monetisation.
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Financial support for SMEs: The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
06 May 2020Government-backed loans of up to £5 million to small and medium businesses
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Financial support for SMEs: the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)
04 May 2020100% Government-backed loans of up to £50,000 for small and medium businesses
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Her Majesty’s Government enters the VC market
24 April 2020The UK Government is now to become the latest VC to provide finance to start-ups, but what are the terms of this support? Is this finance likely to be useful or are those terms overly punitive? Will this impact on the terms available from existing investors? We analyse this below.
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Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
22 April 2020The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) opened on Monday 20 April 2020. It provides financial support to mid-sized and larger UK businesses across the UK that are losing revenue, and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Government announces new £250m ‘Future Fund’ to support start-ups and growth companies
20 April 2020Details were published today, 20 April 2020, of the Government’s plan to make investments in growth companies hit by the coronavirus and the drastic reduction in venture capital investment.
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HMRC puts its stamp on social distancing
16 April 2020With vast numbers of people now working remotely due to COVID-19 restrictions, HMRC have put in place an electronic process for the payment of stamp duty and stamping of share transfer documents.
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Government announces the new Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
07 April 2020On 3 April 2020, the Government announced a new loan scheme to provide support for large businesses.
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Restrictive covenants: key reminders recently highlighted by the Court of Appeal
06 April 2020In the recent case of Guest Services Worldwide Limited v David Shelmerdine the Court of Appeal found that a non-compete clause, restricting Mr Shelmerdine for a period of 12 months after he ceased to hold shares, was binding. The clause prohibited Mr Shelmerdine, a shareholder who was also a consultant of Guest Services Worldwide Limited (GSW), from being interested in competing businesses.
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Financial support for larger firms: The COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility
26 March 2020The COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) is a quick and cost-effective way to raise working capital for those large businesses which need it.
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Reviewing your existing financing arrangements in light of COVID-19: FAQs
26 March 2020Many of our clients are concerned about the effect of the current economic climate on the financial health of their businesses. We recommend that companies should consider reviewing their existing financing documents to identify any risks of potential defaults occurring and to decide how best to proceed. We have put together the following guide to help answer the most frequently asked questions we receive on this topic.
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Social distancing and the use of electronic signatures
25 March 2020With vast numbers of people now working from home due to COVID-19 restrictions, finding more convenient methods of making binding transactions which are recorded in writing has become a priority.
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Types of directors: myths and common pitfalls
25 March 2020Below we answer some of the most common questions and address frequent pitfalls in the often-confusing realm of company directors.
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Effect of Coronavirus on financial reporting
18 March 2020The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published fresh guidance on issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Brexit – the prospective changes in company law for private and overseas companies
05 February 2020This article is to update you on, and explain the expected timing as to, the changes in company law for private and overseas companies to be brought about by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In practice, only companies with a connection to the EEA will be impacted and the action points for them will be fairly minimal.
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Does your company use email for sending documents or information to shareholders?
22 January 2020If so, do you have the necessary consents in place?
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Brexit – the post Halloween picture as to the minor changes in company law for private and overseas companies
01 November 2019Now that we didn’t leave the EU on 31 October 2019, this article is to update you on, and explain the timing as to, the few changes in company law for private and overseas companies, to be brought about by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In practice, only companies with a connection to the EEA will be impacted and the action points for them will be fairly minimal.