Laytons ETL’s Equity Capital Markets team advised AIM-quoted United Oil & Gas Plc (the Company), the oil and gas company with a high impact exploration asset in Jamaica and development asset in the UK, on their recent oversubscribed fundraising of £2.33 million for the proposed issue of a total of 1,552,532,979 of new ordinary shares (the Fundraising).

A client recently raised an intriguing proposition based on a suggestion from his IFA; could he put his inheritance due from his mother’s estate into a Discretionary Trust, and then borrow it back?  

Laytons ETL’s Equity Capital Markets team advised AIM-quoted Invinity Energy Systems Plc (IES), in relation to a conditional fundraising of £25 million (before expenses). IES entered into conditional subscription agreements with two new investors, Atri Energy Transition Private Limited (“Atri”) and Next Gen Mobility Limited (“Next Gen”).

The Courts of England and Wales remain an attractive choice for international litigants, with international parties representing a significant number of Claimants and Defendants in fraud cases in England and Wales. In this article, we explore the strategic advantages of Bankers Trust Orders.

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (“the Bill”) was submitted to Parliament on 10th July 2025.  While the Bill is largely geared towards the devolution of powers from Westminster to local authorities, Schedule 31 of the Bill introduces a surprise ban on Upwards Only Rent Review (“UORR”) clauses in commercial leases in England and Wales.

From 6th April 2025, the UK abandoned the traditional concept of domicile for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes. Instead, it hinges on whether someone is a long-term UK resident. Under this new regime, an individual is deemed a long-term UK resident if they have been tax-resident in the UK for at least 10 of the preceding 20 tax years.

Sign up for our upcoming Employment Law Seminar where Employment team members Nicholas Lakeland and Victoria Brockley discuss The Employment Rights Bill/Act 2025, Part time & Fixed Time workers rights, Redundancy case law and Settlement Agreement.

In this article we discuss some of the key considerations Sponsors/bidders should take into account when considering a public-to-private transaction involving a UK-listed target against the backdrop of the current market and the ongoing macroeconomic environment in the face of U.S. Trump tariffs, trade wars and global conflicts and resulting supply chain issues. 

Laytons ETL’s Equity Capital Markets team advised AIM-quoted Tungsten West Plc (the Company), the mining company focused on restarting production at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon U.K., on a fundraising of £4.3 million by way of adding an additional tranche H to its existing 2023 Convertible Loan Notes (CLN).

The shift of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) from being an enterprise software firm selling business intelligence tools to a corporate owner of bitcoin when they first purchased in August 2020 around USD$250 million of Bitcoin (BTC) to hold in its treasury, has caught on, it seems, on this side of the pond. 

The Law Commission has issued an interim statementsetting out the provisional conclusions drawn from its first consultation paper on the future of security of tenure for business tenancies under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the 1954 Act). 

Executors play a vital role in fulfilling a testator’s wishes and distributing their estate properly. Occasionally, issues arise when decisions about whether to act, renounce or have power reserved are made too soon. In this article, we explore the legal and practical effects of such decisions.  

Laytons ETL’s Equity Capital Markets team advised Beaumont Cornish in its role as Nominated Adviser (Nomad) of AIM-quoted Riverfort Global Opportunities Plc (which has now been renamed Tooru Plc) (Tooru), in relation to a proposed acquisition and proposed placing.

Last week the UK Government published its long-anticipated White Paper, “Restoring Control over the Immigration System”. The Government’s key message in the lead-up to the paper’s publication was that the immigration system would be “radically reformed” to be “controlled, managed and fair”.

In the recent Upper Tier Tax Tribunal (UT) decision in Elborne v HMRC [2025] UKUT 00059 (TCC), the UT set aside the First Tier Tax Tribunal’s (FTT) decision in favour of HMRC to declare the ‘home loan’ tax avoidance scheme a success.

Until the 6th April 2025, the UK’s taxation of individuals who were non-doms was based on the concept of domicile, a legal term under English law referring to a person’s long-term permanent home. Non-doms could live in the UK while enjoying favourable tax treatment under the “remittance basis”. This treatment typically lasted for up to 15 years.

The Renters’ Rights Bill (“RRB”) was introduced with an aim of providing “greater rights and protections to people renting their homes, including by abolishing section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions and reforming grounds of possession”.

Sign up for our upcoming Employment Law Seminar where Employment team members Nicholas Lakeland, Victoria Brockley and James McConkey discuss Difficult Sickness Absences and New Developments in Employment Law. The seminar will be followed by networking.