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Warren Mead joins Cleveland & Co as a Board Advisor

by Vicki McEwan|8 February 2022|Industry News

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Warren Mead as Board Advisor to Cleveland & Co. Warren has over 25 years of in-depth experience in financial services, professional services and fintech and was previously the COO of KPMG’s advisory, tax and legal business. As an ExCo level leader, he has advised on and executed […]

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Proposed changes to the Appointed Representatives Regime

by Emma Cleveland|4 February 2022|Industry News

There have been calls for proposed changes to the Appointed Representatives Regime (“AR Regime”) to help mitigate any potential risks and harm that may be caused to consumers and markets. In December 2021, HM Treasury published its Call for Evidence in response to the ‘TSC Lessons from Greensill Capital Inquiry’, which calls for recommendations by […]

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Cleveland & Co quoted in an article by Financier Worldwide talking about shareholder agreements amid disputes

by Leela|13 November 2021|Our News

Caroline Sheldon, Associate at Cleveland & Co was recently quoted in an article “A path to equanimity: Shareholder Agreements amid disputes” in the Oct-Dec edition of Corporate Disputes magazine, where she highlighted the importance of ensuring the balance of control and power between directors and shareholders and the shareholder decision-making process is clearly defined. Check […]

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Website advertisement: offer of securities under EU prospectus regulation

by Leela|10 November 2021|Industry News

In the case of ADCADA Immobilien AG PCC in Konkurs v the Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht) (Case E-10/20) (“ADCADA”) the European Free Trade Association Court considered whether the offer of securities to the public through publicity on the offering firm’s website was made in accordance with the exemption to the requirement to produce a prospectus […]

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FCA provides details on consumer investments strategy and feedback statement

by Leela|4 November 2021|Industry News

BACKGROUND On 15 September 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a three-year consumer investment strategy plan (the “Strategy Plan”), in consideration of responses received in relation to its call for input focused on reducing harm in the consumer investment market, circulated a year ago. In this Strategy Plan, the FCA offered more details on […]

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Setting the Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) benchmark – The ILPA ESG Framework

by Leela|14 October 2021|Industry News

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) has recently released an ESG assessment framework (the “Framework”) to help limited partners (“LPs”) assess the ESG approach and integration adopted by fund managers. ILPA has commented that the Framework is designed to help LPs evaluate and benchmark general partners’ (“GPs”) responses to due diligence efforts, inform goal-setting conversations with GPs […]

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Webinar: Which law prevails?

by Leela|8 October 2021|Industry News

While it is indisputable that governing law clauses are important, this case law evidences how essential it is and what the court’s approach is in the event that no governing law clause is present.

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