In this issue:

- Adoption of Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance

- European Commission Green Paper: Building a Capital Markets Union

- European Commission Publishes Consultation Paper on Prospectus Directive

- Gender Quota of at least 30% on Listed Corporations’ Supervisory Boards

- Amendment to the German Stock Corporation Act

- Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015

- Large Companies Required to Reveal Payment Practices

- Pre-Emption Group Publishes Revised Statement of Principles

- Regulations Prohibiting Cancellation Schemes of Arrangement Now in Force

- Financial Promotions: Exemption for Strategic Report Now in Force

- FCA Policy Statement on the Implementation of the Transparency Directive Requirements for Reports on Payments to Governments

- FRC Report on Implementation of the UK Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes 2014

- Share buybacks: draft regulations amending Companies Act 2006

- Listing Rules Updates

- SEC Developments

- Noteworthy US Securities Law Litigation

- Recent SEC/DOJ Enforcement Matters

- Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Developments

- Excerpt from Adoption of Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance:

The European Commission has included in its Work Programme for 2015, which was adopted on 16 December 2014, the codification of seven Company Law Directives as one of the actions the Commission intends to take over the course of 2015. This exercise was first announced in the Commission’s Action Plan for 2012...