The US has taken steps to implement the UK-US “data bridge”, allowing for the free flow of personal data between the countries. On 18 September 2023, the US Attorney General designated the UK as a...
Opening a Corporate Bank Account in the UK for Overseas Owned Companies
When considering options for opening a corporate bank account in the UK, businesses have several choices, including: Brick-and-Mortar Banks: Brick-and-mortar banks, also known as high street banks, ar...
Strikeoffs vs Liquidation: Guidance on winding up solvent companies
Introduction Striking off a company or putting it into liquidation (the latter known as a Members’ Voluntary Liquidation or MVL) are two different ways of winding up a solvent company. When a compan...
Negotiating Venture Capital Transactions – Part 2 of 2
This blogpost is the second of a 2-part series that provides foreign and UK-based businesses and investors an overview of the issues and considerations associated with negotiating and structuring vent...
Negotiating Venture Capital Transactions – Part 1 of 2
This blogpost is the first of a 2-part series that provides foreign and UK-based businesses and investors an overview of the issues and considerations associated with negotiating and structuring ventu...
Raising Venture Capital in the UK
This blogpost provides foreign and UK-based businesses as well as their investors with an introduction to the general legal process associated with venture capital fundraising transactions from a UK p...
Limited Liability Partnerships – A primer
Introduction As a form of business vehicle, LLPs are hybrids between companies and partnerships. To better understand the core concept of an LLP, it’s important to understand the differences between...
Innovator Founder visa
Do people change a winning formula? No Do people change something that isn’t working? Yes (check out football management as an example) So….The Home Office has changed the Innovator visa a...
Scale Up Visa
The Scale-up Worker visa is a new immigration route for a fast-growing UK business across all industry sectors. It was introduced in August 2022. It is not great. Scale-Ups are start-ups that have ach...
Positive Change Ahead with the UK Data Protection Reform Proposals
The UK government is currently considering proposals to reform the data protection regulations in the UK. Generally, there appears to be a move to a more practical and pragmatic privacy compliance sys...
