Lawyers will be restricted from acting as non-executive directors to their clients it has been confirmed following the publication on 20 January of the much-heralded Higgs Report on corporate governance.
The report, drawn up by former investment banker Derek Higgs, will specifically recommend that advisers should be unable to act as non-executive directors to companies their firm has advised in the last three years, whether they have personally acted for them or not.
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