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MDS Advisory is a forward-thinking London-based firm specialising in non-contentious and contentious matters in the fields of construction, corporate and commercial law.
Our firm is built on strong relationships with our clients for whom we often act as a trusted advisor across the full range of their business activities. We have a reputation for solving our clients’ most complex legal issues.
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Can a director be held responsible for the actions of the company?
LATEST NEWSThe answer: “yes, but rarely”.Many directors assume that they are protected by the “corporate veil principle”: that a company is a separate legal entity from its shareholders and directors and so only the company can be liable for its own actions. The...
“Finfluencers”: financial promotions, marketing and the law
LATEST NEWSSub headingOur readers may be aware of the criminal charges recently brought against Emanuel Nwanze and other alleged “financial influencers” who, it is said, were using an Instagram account to issue unauthorised financial promotions while running or being...
Supporting our clients in the net zero economy: reasons to be cheerful
LATEST NEWSSub headingA recent report from the CBI’s Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit delivers the encouraging message that there are now some 20,000 businesses in the “the net zero economy” in the UK, contributing £71bn (3.7%) of annual gross value add. For...
“We are doing due diligence”. What does that mean?
LATEST NEWSSub headingBefore most transactions complete, the parties need to get to know each other and understand their risks. This is known as “due diligence”. The phrase comes from the US where sellers are expected under securities and other laws to allow buyers to...
Hancock v Oakeshott? Litigation that never happened
LATEST NEWSSub headingSince the journalist Isabel Oakeshott transferred to the Daily Telegraph over 100,000 Whatsapp messages that she had received “in confidence” from Matthew Hancock MP (ex-Secretary of State, Department for Health and Social Care), the airwaves and...
Resolving disputes through Expert Determination
LATEST NEWSSub headingSatisfaction levels with the courts in England and Wales are regrettably lower now than at many times in the past. This is not due to the quality of the decisions of our esteemed judges or the law that they uphold. It is generally because of the...