Will Chalk is a partner in our corporate transactions practice
Will provides corporate governance and compliance advice to UK listed, AIM and larger private companies. This includes advice on directors' duties, FCA Handbook and AIM Rules requirements, narrative reporting obligations and governance code recommendations. Will spends a lot of his time providing induction and update training to individual directors, boards, and senior management teams as well as general counsel and company secretaries. Will has also deployed various legal tech solutions to various governance and compliance issues.
Will has undertaken various secondments including to the UK Listing Authority (as was) and as the acting company secretary of a FTSE 250 telecoms company. He is ranked as a leading individual in Corporate Governance by the Legal 500. He is also a member of the Financial Reporting Lab's Steering Group.
He has contributed to several publications, including the Business Case for Corporate Governance (Cambridge University Press) and A Practical Guide to Directors' Duties (CBI).
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UKLRs: Developing Trends in Significant Transaction Announcements
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EU Parliament adopts Stop-the-clock Omnibus Proposal and process to simplify ESRS starts
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The European Commission publishes first Omnibus Package to simplify sustainability regulations
27 Feb 2025
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Legal Outlook podcasts
Will Chalk and Becky Clissmann explain the impact of the EU’s Omnibus package and how non-EU companies can best prepare for what’s coming.
Listen to "Governance & Compliance episode 1"