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New Federal Exemption Changes the Registration Landscape for M&A Brokers

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The narrower M&A broker exemption supersedes the 2014 M&A broker no-action letter while leaving state-level restrictions and foreign M&A broker relief unaffected. On March 29, 2023, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...more

Locke Lord LLP

M&A Broker Exemption Update‎

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We are updating our March 6, 2023 QuickStudy that discussed the new statutory exemption under section 15(b)(13) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from broker registration that allows unregistered M&A advisers to provide...more

DarrowEverett LLP

New M&A Broker Exemption: To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question

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On March 29, 2023, a new exemption from SEC registration for brokers providing services in mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions officially went into effect. The exemption, outlined in Section 501 of the Consolidated...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Federal Exemption from SEC Registration for M&A Brokers Takes Effect Shortly

What You Need to Know- •Under legislation recently passed by Congress, M&A brokers now have a statutory federal exemption from SEC registration as a broker-dealer effective March 29, 2023. •The statute explicitly defines...more

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Congress Codifies SEC Staff's M&A Broker No-Action Letter ... With a Tweak

As many are aware, Congress passed its own version of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) broker no-action letter in December 2022, creating a new exemption from broker...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

A New Federal Exemption for M&A Brokers

Brokers who specialize in the sale or purchase of private companies (“M&A Brokers”) have long been an uncomfortable fit under the rules applying to securities broker-dealers. M&A Brokers typically provide advisory services to...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

New Omnibus Bill Codifies M&A Broker-Dealer SEC Registration Exemption

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed H.R.2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the “Omnibus Bill”), that included a rider in Title V establishing a statutory exemption for certain mergers and acquisitions...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Model Rule Exempting M&A Brokers Proposed by NASAA

The Broker-Dealer section of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has proposed a model uniform state rule (the “Model Rule”) that would exempt parties that act only as deal brokers in M&A...more

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