The Agenda

Mishcon de Reya advises Payhawk on $20m Series A fundraising

Mishcon de Reya has completed the US$20m Series A fundraising for FinTech start-up Payhawk Limited, an integrated financial platform which unifies company payments and expense management.

The benefits of a pre-IPO financing round

Clients often ask us if a pre-IPO round is worth it and in this article we consider the risks and rewards of such a strategy.

The Better Business Act – a business lobby for change

A coalition of over 500 companies, supported by B Lab UK, have signed a proposal which asks the Government to deliver a new contract between business and society through a proposed 'Better Business Act'. The mission is to change UK law to "make sure every single company in the UK, whether big or small, aligns the interests of their shareholders with those of wider society and the environment".

Climate-related financial disclosure to become mandatory for quoted and large private companies

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a consultation paper which proposes to implement mandatory financial disclosures by publically quoted companies, large private companies and LLPs.