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The Companies Act 2006 represents the most significant and wide-ranging change to company law for over twenty years. Everyone engaged with managing and advising companies will need to become familiar with the details and likely impact of the new legislation.

The ICSA Companies Act 2006 Handbook offers an accessible route map and guide to the changes ahead. The Handbook includes:

• an introduction to, and commentary on, the Act, written by the corporate team at Linklaters;
• the full text of the Act itself;
• a comprehensive index to key terms and sections;
• destination and derivation tables which plot the changes between the new Act and the 1985 Companies Act.

This Handbook provides essential information on the new legislation, how this relates to current law and the likely implications for company law practice. 

Paperback •  ISBN: 9781860723629 •   960 pages • Published February 2007 • £65.00

About the author
Linklaters: Linklaters is a law firm which specialises in advising the world\'s leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most challenging transactions and assignments. With offices in major business and financial centres, they deliver an outstanding service to clients anywhere in the world.

Keith Walmsley: Keith Walmsley, LL.B, Barrister, FCIS, is one of the UK’s best-known writers and commentators on company law and corporate governance. Among his many publications in this field, he edits the official ICSA information service, Company Secretarial Practice. He is the legal advisor to the London Law Agency Ltd.