A new regulated activity Following on from our previous blog post, The Future of Prospectuses in the UK, the FCA has recently published...
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For those foreign private issuers out there struggling to keep up with the SEC’s recent spate of rulemaking – we don’t blame you. In...
When founders prepare to take their company public, the prospect of losing control over their business can be daunting. In the United...
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In good news, the rule-making process has slowed down, with a December 1 compliance date (closer to that originally envisaged), which...
The FCA first allowed dual class share structures (DCSS) on the premium segment at the end of 2021, following recommendations made by the...
What can we learn from the FCA’s latest engagement papers, and how do they compare to the EU’s recent proposals? As part of its update of...
Lawmakers at both the European and national levels have taken on the ambitious task of improving the attractiveness of public capital...
“This change fundamentally upends the Commission’s long-standing and bipartisan approach of largely deferring to the disclosures made by...
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...
The FCA has today published Primary Markets Effectiveness Review: Feedback to DP22/2 and proposed equity listing rule reforms, outlining...
Until earlier this year, China had a largely approval-based regulatory regime of initial public offerings ('IPOs'), under which any...
Today, the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Justice published the draft for a so-called German Future...