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Use this checklist when representing the seller in the disposal of a registered freehold residential property, whether offered with vacant possession or burdened by a lease or multiple leases. It is not comprehensive and will not address every eventuality in every transaction. You should always consider if there are additional matters that require attention. It does not purport to be a complete guide for every case. Preliminary matters Have you taken instructions from the client? Robust due diligence and effective transaction management depend on a clear grasp of the seller’s objectives and the proposed sale terms. Obtain full instructions, and clarify any elements of your brief that are unclear or out of the ordinary. Consider whether further specialist input is required; for example, planning advice where completion is conditional upon planning permission being secured. The table below sets out some of the principal points on which instructions should be obtained at the outset. This list is not comprehensive, and you may need to request information about additional...

More than 150 jurisdictions operate merger control, or regimes akin to it. Within these systems, competition regulators may prohibit a deal entirely, or approve it subject to remedies, whether agreed or imposed. This Checklist sets out practical points to bear in mind when managing filing obligations across multiple jurisdictions. For overviews of merger control rules in every jurisdiction, see MJ merger grid—jurisdiction and MJ merger grid—procedure. For distilled takeaways, consult Key learning points from MJ reviews—anomalies, absurdities and potential pitfalls. It also flags issues commonly seen in practice. Guidance is provided in those resources. What transactions fall within merger control rules? Relevant transactions Across most regimes, including the EU, merger control captures any deal that places formerly independent undertakings under common control. Control is often defined broadly. Acquisitions of control—sole v joint control Control can rest with a single party, or be shared with one or more others: sole control: a shareholder that acquires control can take strategic decisions for the target without...

STOP PRESS: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) obtained Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. Part 1 of ECCTA 2023 introduces a substantial suite of measures that strengthen the role of Companies House and promote greater transparency across UK corporate entities. The Act will be brought into effect in phases over an extended timeframe. Numerous provisions will depend on detailed secondary legislation and accompanying guidance, alongside the development and rollout of new technical systems, processes and tools to implement the reforms. For further information, see Practice Notes: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023—what Banking & Finance lawyers need to know, The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023—tracker, and Corporate transparency reform—changes to company registers. What are a company's constitutional documents?...

This Checklist is applicable for the sale and purchase of a vessel by a company when acting for a corporate buyer and where the ship will be registered in the UK When representing the buyer, the priority is to confirm that the seller’s papers are adequate to deliver good title, secure the vessel’s permanent registration in the UK, and demonstrate that both parties possess the requisite power and authority to conclude the transaction... Request a Transcript of Registry from the UK Ship Register to verify the current registered owner and identify the existing security position affecting the vessel. A fee is payable for this (and several of the other documents noted below), with a full schedule available on the UK Ship Register website. Make the request promptly on receipt of instructions and repeat the search on the closing date... Confirm that any class inspection or other survey specified in the sale contract has been conducted and that the results are satisfactory...

In this issue: Key R&I law developments Restructuring Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Insolvency litigation Directors and insolvency International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New content New Q&As Key R&I law developments Insolvency Service publishes monthly insolvency statistics for February 2025 The Insolvency Service has released its February 2025 monthly statistics, covering both company and personal insolvencies throughout England and Wales. The figures indicate there were 2,035 corporate insolvencies in the period, 3% above January 2025 yet 7% below the same month in 2024. For individuals, January 2025 recorded 10,147 insolvencies in total, 4% higher than in January 2025 and 5% lower than February 2024. See: LNB News 18/03/2025 27. Companies House publishes two guidance documents on identity verification Companies House has issued two guidance documents on identity verification. The first sets out who must verify their identity, the verification...

Lawyers for lenders shut out of the uptier transaction told US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M Lopez he should conclude that Serta breached its credit agreement by swapping hundreds of millions of dollars of existing debt for fresh, higher-priority obligations as the challengers contended. Susheel Kirpalani of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, speaking for the excluded lenders, said only select financiers were allowed into the deal, contravening the pro rata sharing provisions in Serta's credit documents in those proceedings. Conversely, Gregg Costa of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for lenders that joined the deal, pressed the court to dismiss those allegations, arguing the excluded investors had 'unclean hands' because they were the first to float a non-pro rata proposal to Serta. 'The excluded lenders threw the first punch,' Costa said. 'They started this; we were responding defensively.' The submissions on 25 March 2026 concluded a trial that began earlier this month on the excluded lenders' breach of contract claims, for which the group seeks at least in damages. At the...

In this issue: Leasing property Statutory compliance Residential property Property management Investigating title Transferring property Property insolvency Property development Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q&As Leasing property Opposition to renewal of business tenancy — landlord’s intention to occupy for the purpose of its business In MVL Properties (2017) Ltd v the Leadmill Ltd [2025] EWHC 349 (Ch), the court held that the landlord had proven both the subjective and the objective limbs necessary to make out the statutory ground of opposition to a renewal under Section 30(1)(g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, specifically, a genuine, firm and settled intention to take occupation of the premises for its own business purposes, and a realistic prospect of putting that plan into effect within a reasonable period of time following the end of the existing business tenancy. The dispute raised...

This Practice Note forms part of the Lexis+® UK Corporate private equity buyout transaction toolkit. Timing Due diligence is typically undertaken after heads of terms are signed and confidentiality arrangements are in place. It then proceeds in parallel with negotiation of the main sale documents (share purchase agreement and associated ancillary papers) and the equity documents (investment agreement, senior debt (loan facility) agreement and, if required, loan note instruments). Most diligence is carried out early in the deal to enable the parties to agree suitable warranty and/or indemnity protection in the formal papers, and to support the seller’s and target management’s disclosures against their respective warranties. Disclosure letters are drafted and negotiated alongside the share purchase agreement and the investment agreement, and executed at the same time as those instruments. A first draft disclosure letter is usually produced only once diligence is well progressed and initial drafts of the relevant documents have already been circulated. What happens during this phase? Due diligence The private...

This Practice Note forms part of the Lexis+® UK Corporate private equity buyout transaction toolkit. Beyond choosing between a share sale and an asset sale structure, a range of matters should be weighed at the outset of a private equity buyout (MBO), before due diligence begins and the principal transaction documents are negotiated. These matters can influence the core commercial and legal terms, so each side is well advised to address them before settling any headline terms (and before executing heads of terms for both the acquisition and equity elements) and before fixing the transaction timetable. The topics outlined below (and in the Practice Notes referenced in this sub‑phase) may remain relevant throughout the deal, particularly during negotiation of the formal documentation, but they are highlighted early because lawyers for all interested parties ought to consider them and brief their clients as soon as possible. Corporate issues to consider Selected corporate law points are outlined below; applicability will vary with the nature of the deal and the parties...

When considering entry into a joint venture, participants should carefully scrutinise the identity of the other intended parties and the experience and resources they expect to bring to the venture. They are, therefore, likely to want to ensure those parties remain engaged in the joint venture (at least for a pre‑agreed period of time) and to retain controls over to whom they may transfer their shares. The nature of any share transfer constraints adopted will also depend on, among other things, the anticipated duration of the joint venture, how the parties propose to realise their investments, the cash‑flow and fundraising requirements of the parties, and any share transfer restrictions contained in other transaction documents, e.g. financing documents. Restrictions on transfer For these reasons, most joint venture agreements (JVA) (also known as shareholders’ agreements) and/or the articles of association will include a series of restrictions governing the transfer of shares by the joint venture parties...

Suggested email to arrange counterpart completion with other solicitors SUBJECT: [ Transaction Name OR Details ] – Completion Arrangements We write to outline, for the purposes of these arrangements, our intended approach for arranging the signing and delivery of the documents required for the anticipated completion of [ insert details ]. We confirm that [ insert firm name ] is prepared to serve as nominated person pursuant to section 2(1) of the Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015 (the Act), and, as agreed, section 2(3) of the Act is hereby excluded and will not apply to these Completion Arrangements...

registration number OC : [ insert registration number ] [ insert name ] LLP Minutes of a meeting of the members (the Meeting) of [ insert name ] LLP (the LLP ) Convened at: [ insert place of meeting ] Date and time: [ insert day, month and year of meeting ] at [ insert time of meeting ] [ am or pm ] Present [ insert name of member to be the chair ] (Chair) [ insert names of members who are physically present ] [ insert names of any members present by telephone as permitted by the limited liability partnership agreement ] (by telephone) [ insert names of any members present by other means ]...

Proforma checklist of documents for execution at signing and completion meetings in loan transactions This proforma checklist can be used by the lender’s solicitors to monitor, oversee and record the execution of documents at signing and completion meetings, or to be signed and circulated in escrow for closing virtually. It can be adapted for use with the relevant facility agreement. Signing is the point at which the parties execute the agreed versions of the finance documents and the deal becomes binding (albeit, in most cases, subject to certain conditions precedent being satisfied). Completion is the point at which money moves between the parties and the transaction is completed. Often, there is a gap between signing and completion which allows the parties to commit to the deal on signing but leave themselves a short period to satisfy the conditions attaching to funding. In other cases, signing and completion take place on the same day, in which case, all the conditions precedent to funding will need to be satisfied before...

In this Q&A, the title deeds were not received at all, rather than being mislaid or destroyed. Where deeds are absent or have been destroyed, a first registration application must explain the circumstances that led to their loss or destruction. HM Land Registry assesses each matter on its individual merits, but where the evidence does not convincingly establish those events and place the title’s history beyond doubt, it will usually award only a possessory title. For additional guidance, see Practice Note: Deducing title to unregistered land—stamp duty, mortgages, execution of documents, missing title deeds, sales of part and other considerations. First registration of title if deeds have been lost or destroyed Rule 27 of the Land Registration Rules 2003 (LRR 2003), SI 2003/1417, was amended by the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008, SI 2008/1919, Schedule 1, rule 4(1), paragraph 8(1), and recast under the heading: ‘First registration applications based on adverse possession or where title documents are otherwise unavailable’...