Aug 29, 2023 The Public Offer Platform By Chris Ranson Claire Harrop Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +2 more... Show less A new regulated activity Following on from our previous blog post, The Future of Prospectuses in the UK, the FCA has recently published...
Jul 31, 2023 SEC adopts new cybersecurity disclosure rules (including for FPIs) By Ethan Magid Doug Smith Virginia Flower 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...
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...
Jun 01, 2023 Why is the FCA changing its rules on dual class share structures? By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy The FCA first allowed dual class share structures (DCSS) on the premium segment at the end of 2021, following recommendations made by the...
May 23, 2023 The Future of Prospectuses in the UK By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy 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...
May 11, 2023 Revamping corporate law for capital raises in Germany: A closer look at the draft Future Financing Act By Daniel von Bülow Lawmakers at both the European and national levels have taken on the ambitious task of improving the attractiveness of public capital...
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...
May 03, 2023 FCA blueprint – PME 2 - new single listing segment By Mark Austin Jennifer McCarthy Tom Godwin Richard Ho +1 more... Show less The FCA has today published Primary Markets Effectiveness Review: Feedback to DP22/2 and proposed equity listing rule reforms, outlining...
Apr 19, 2023 What investors need to know about China’s new registration-based IPO regime By Yuxin Shen Anqi Yu Vivian Wang Until earlier this year, China had a largely approval-based regulatory regime of initial public offerings ('IPOs'), under which any...
Apr 12, 2023 Dusting off the Takeover Act - German Future Financing Act to bring useful changes to the takeover landscape By Sabrina Kulenkamp Daniel von Bülow Today, the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Justice published the draft for a so-called German Future...