Did you know?
- The UK is the most favoured inward investment location in the European Union
- The UK attracts around 40% of all US investment in the European Union
- Around 45% of UK outward investment goes to the US
- About one million Britons are employed by American companies and about one million Americans are employed by UK companies
- London is host to more major international corporations than any other European country (It is the HQ of 130 out of the world's top 500 companies)
Faegre & Benson has considerable experience in advising overseas companies who are setting up in business in the UK and assisting them with their wider European expansion plans. The purpose of these pages is to introduce business executives and their advisers to the general framework of laws and regulations likely to affect trading with and direct investment in the UK and to provide some other useful additional materials and sources of information.
Glossary of UK and US Corporate Law Terms, PDF 111k/14 pages
The UK Legal & Regulatory Environment
UK Taxation
UK Value Added Tax
Research and Development Tax Incentives
UK Pensions & Share Incentives
UK Banking
UK Business Insurance
Closure of Limited Companies in the UK
Commercial Agents
Outsourcing your Business Processes