Articles in ‘Corporate’ Category

We’re very pleased to have been shortlisted for Corporate Law Firm of the Year at the 2021 South West Dealmakers Awards.

Our Corporate team examines a recent High Court case ruling that provides a valuable and relatively rare insight into the statutory principles and authorities governing requests for access to a company’s register of members under s116 and s117 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act).

Bristol-headquartered digital media company Hybrid has secured an investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC which will support its existing management team to grow and develop the business organically and explore targeted acquisitions.

A recent Court of Appeal ruling has reaffirmed the adage – invoked by the judge in the preceding High Court case – that if something looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Mermaids, a charity which supports children, young people, and their families in relation to gender non-conformity, has been fined £25,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after personal information relating to 550 people, including children, was available online for almost three years.

At the end of the Brexit transition period [31.12.20] the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) automatically created comparable UK rights for all registered EU trade marks. However, where EU applications were pending on the 1st January 2021, applicants were required to file a separate UK application if they wanted to protect their mark in the UK. Applicants were given a period of nine months to file a UK trade mark application if they wanted to claim any priority filing date from the pending EU application.

The marriage of two companies is an exciting milestone to achieve corporate growth.

Pageant Media, a global business information provider, last week announced the acquisition of Savvy Investor, a leading thought-leadership platform for institutional investors, for an undisclosed sum.