Disclosure for Private Company Acquisitions - Principles, Pitfalls & Best Practice

Introduction

This webinar will explain what disclosure is and how it works and will identify the key issues relating to disclosure. It will also outline suggested approaches of both the seller and the buyer as well as examining key case law on the area.

If you are a solicitor, accountant or company secretary advising companies on private acquisitions in the UK, then this webinar is for you.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Warranties and disclosures - how they operate
• Suggested timing for disclosure - importance of case drafting due to UK court scrutiny
• Draft disclosure letters and misrepresentation risk - Veranova Bidco LP v Johnson Matthey place (2025)
• The seller's approach to drafting the disclosure letter
• The buyer's approach to reviewing the disclosure letter
• The contents of the disclosure letter:
• General disclosures
• Specific disclosures
• Disclosure bundle
• The appropriate standard for disclosure (including case law surrounding the meaning of the words 'fair')
• Consequences for failure to disclose an issue
• Requirement to warrant the contents of the disclosure letter?

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 16th June 2026

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