To prepare for 2023, reporting companies should be aware of applicable SEC filing deadlines and financial statement “staleness” dates, as well as regulatory reforms that may affect the preparation and contents of disclosures...more
12/22/2022
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Capital Raising ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
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Financial Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
As the U.K. faces what the Bank of England recently described as “very challenging” times, with the possibility of the U.K.’s “longest recession since records began,” issuers listed on the London Stock Exchange should pay...more
12/14/2022
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Capital Markets ,
Capital Raising ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Economic Duress ,
EU ,
Guidance Update ,
Offerings ,
Preemption ,
Recessions ,
UK
The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more
12/14/2022
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Anti-Corruption ,
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Banking Sector ,
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Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Raising ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Convertible Notes ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forum Selection ,
Investigations ,
IRS ,
Lenders ,
Mergers ,
Money Laundering ,
Partnerships ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Recessions ,
Repurchases ,
Russia ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Taxation ,
Technology ,
UK ,
Vertical Mergers
On 19 July 2022, the U.K. Secondary Capital Raising Review (the Review) published its report (the Report), making significant recommendations to improve the efficiency of secondary capital raising by companies listed on the...more
In preparation for 2021, reporting companies should be aware of the SEC filing deadlines and financial statement "staleness" dates that will apply to them, as well as recent regulatory reforms that may affect the preparation...more
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposal from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that would allow companies going public via a direct listing to issue and sell new shares on their...more
On November 26, 2019, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a notice of proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would have modified NYSE’s direct listing rules to (1) permit companies to...more
12/10/2019
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Capital Raising ,
Direct Listing ,
Distribution Rules ,
NPRM ,
NYSE ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently took several important steps to facilitate smaller securities offerings. First, it adopted final rules for the new Securities Act exemption for securities-based...more
11/5/2015
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Board of Directors ,
Capital Raising ,
Corporate Officers ,
Crowdfunding ,
Exemptions ,
Funding Portal ,
JOBS Act ,
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Public Comment ,
Public Offerings ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulation D ,
Residency Requirements ,
Rule 147 ,
Rule 501 ,
Rule 504 ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act