Publisher's Synopsis
This Special Report is the first in-depth response to the current trend towards demutualisation. Written by a team of experts who have been directly involved in several high profile demutualisations, it gives practitioners the high level guidance they have been waiting for. It deals with: * The legal, strategic commercial and tax aspects involved in the demutualisation process, as well as specific considerations for different types of mutual body * The distinction between conversion and takeover * What benefit packages can and cannot be given to members of a mutual undergoing a change in status * The complexities arising from s100 of the Building Societies Act 1986 and Sched 2C to the Insurance Companies Act 1982
