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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - March 2024

查看中文 This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the fourth quarter of 2023 relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their advisers....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Canadian CPCs, SPACs, and Shells Should Be Careful to Avoid U.S. Investment Company Status

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On January 24, 2024, the SEC issued new guidance on when a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) may run afoul of the U.S. Investment Company Act (the Act). While this guidance was directed at SPACs that register or file...more

Cozen O'Connor

16 AGs Caution SEC Over SHEIN's Potential IPO and Alleged Business Practices

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Montana AG Austin Knudsen, joined by AGs from 15 other states, sent a letter to the SEC voicing concern regarding the possible Initial Public Offering of SHEIN, a fast-fashion retail giant affiliated with China....more

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Report on Hong Kong-Listed Biotech Companies - April 2023

点击此处阅读调查报告全文 Our third annual report on Hong Kong-listed biotech companies examines how the sector performed during the challenging conditions for capital markets globally over the past 12 months. Although aggregate listing...more

Cooley LLP

Life Sciences Reverse Mergers Go Global: Is it the Path for Your Company?

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With the US initial public offering markets continuing to remain largely closed, and special purpose acquisition company combinations being costly and complex, there’s a new kid in town for foreign companies looking to go...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2022 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

China’s Foreign Investment Law and Updated Investment Negative List: New Opportunities for Foreign Investment in China

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Foreign investment into China is governed by the new Chinese Foreign Investment Law ("Foreign Investment Law "), as well as its Implementing Rules ("Implementing Rules"), which took effect on January 1, 2020. A key feature of...more

Conyers

First Cayman Company IPO and Listing on SGX-ST in Over Four Years

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On 18 December, 2020, GHY Culture & Media Holding Co., Limited (GHY) was officially listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST), following its successful initial public offering of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

January 1 Effective Date for FINRA IPO Allocation Rules Changes

On December 19, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) adopted amendments to Rules 5130 and 5131 (the “New Issues Rules”) to permit allocations of initial public offering (IPO) profits to certain...more

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Is Something Missing From This Complaint Against The We Company?

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Earlier this week, Kevin M. LaCroix wrote about a lawsuit filed recently against The We Companies, commonly referred to as WeWork. The company has attracted a lot of press attention when in September it withdrew the...more

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SEC Proposes Changes to Financial Disclosure Relating to Business Acquisitions and Dispositions

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On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed amendments to its rules governing disclosure of financial statements by public companies or in initial public offerings ("IPOs") in connection with...more

A&O Shearman

California State Court Stays Putative Class Action Based On Forum Selection Clause

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On September 5, 2018, Judge Marie Weiner of California Superior Court, San Mateo County, granted defendants’ motion to stay a putative class action on grounds of forum non conveniens in order for plaintiff to pursue the...more

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Governance & Securities Law Focus: Asia Edition, July 2016

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In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to Asian corporates and financial institutions. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Non-U.S. Company IPOs Maintain Presence in U.S. Market

According to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer, non-U.S. companies completing IPOs in the United States account for 21% of all U.S. IPOs in 2015, to date. These non-U.S. companies have completed 23 IPOs and raised an...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

And we thought things were going well…

Recently, the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation published information regarding the competitiveness of our US capital markets. See the Committee’s site for detailed statistics that seem to focus principally on whether...more

Troutman Pepper

Business Forum: Overseas Firms Look To U.S. For IPOs

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When China's e-commerce giant Alibaba -- with a valuation that may make it the world's third-largest Internet company behind only Google and Amazon -- made the decision to go public, listing in Hong Kong was its natural first...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Montage IPO – Are The U.S. Markets Re-Opening To Chinese Companies?

The U.S. capital markets—the largest in the world—have been all but closed to Chinese companies for more than two years. The successful IPO of Montage Technology, and e-commerce giant Alibaba’s announcement that it will seek...more

Dechert LLP

London Stock Exchange to Introduce New High Growth Segment of the Main Market

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Background - The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (‘BIS’) announced in September 2012 that it had developed proposals with the London Stock Exchange (the ‘LSE’) to attract high growth companies to list...more

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