Jun 15, 2023 Back to the future: Expected resurrection of multiple-vote share structures in Germany By Pamela Marcogliese Daniel von Bülow When founders prepare to take their company public, the prospect of losing control over their business can be daunting. In the United...
Jun 12, 2023 Compliance with new US clawback rules delayed to December 1, 2023 By Doug Smith Alice Greenwell David Mendel Lori Goodman Ethan Magid Regina Erie Virginia Flower Nicole Foster +5 more... Show less In good news, the rule-making process has slowed down, with a December 1 compliance date (closer to that originally envisaged), which...
May 10, 2023 A Brave New World for FPIs: How the SEC’s new rules for share buyback disclosure could portend a new future for foreign private issuers By Ethan Magid Doug Smith “This change fundamentally upends the Commission’s long-standing and bipartisan approach of largely deferring to the disclosures made by...
May 04, 2023 Compliance with new clawback rules may be required by August 8 By Doug Smith Alice Greenwell David Mendel Ethan Magid Virginia Flower Regina Erie Lori Goodman +4 more... Show less As we noted in our December 2022 client alert on the US SEC’s new clawback rules, full compliance by companies listed in the US was...
Feb 22, 2023 UK AGM Season – Hot Topics for 2023 By Annie Whiteside Olivia Mackay Vanessa Jakovich Alice Greenwell Rós Ní Dhubháin +2 more... Show less Over the past few weeks we have been speaking to clients on some of the key trends and developments for UK listed companies in the 2023...
Dec 14, 2022 US SEC adopts rules requiring mandatory recovery of excess executive incentive pay including for non-US companies listed in the US By Doug Smith Alice Greenwell David Mendel Ethan Magid Virginia Flower Regina Erie +3 more... Show less Executive Summary The SEC has adopted new rules on claw back of incentive pay for US listed companies following a restatement of results...
Sep 29, 2022 UK Pensions: still no sign of new legislation on notifying corporate activity to the UK Pensions Regulator By Dawn Heath Tharusha Rajapakse A reminder of the background The UK Pensions Schemes Act 2021 (the Act) set out a regulatory framework for additional mandatory...
Apr 05, 2022 Foreign Private Issuers and Cybersecurity Disclosure: Potential Implications of the SEC's New Proposal By Doug Smith David Ludwick Virginia Flower What has happened? The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a broader, more prescriptive disclosure regime for...
Mar 24, 2022 Notifiable Events Regulations – what’s going on? By Dawn Heath Charles Lane A reminder of the background The UK Pensions Schemes Act 2021 (the Act) set out a regulatory framework for additional mandatory...
Dec 20, 2021 New directors’ disqualification Act takes aim at directors of dissolved UK companies By Jamie Murray-Jones Catherine Balmond Katharina Crinson A new Act, which received Royal Assent on 15 December 2021, extends the existing directors’ disqualification regime to the directors of...
Sep 14, 2021 UK Pension Schemes Act 2021: Mandatory procedural requirements for corporate and restructuring activity By Dawn Heath Katharina Crinson Tharusha Rajapakse The Pension Schemes Act 2021 contains a framework for additional mandatory procedural steps to be taken where a company which supports a...
Mar 23, 2021 Draft UK Pensions Regulator guidance on new criminal offences: impact for non-distressed corporate activity By Dawn Heath Ali Sallaway The Pensions Regulator (TPR) recently issued its draft guidance on its approach to investigating and prosecuting the new criminal...