The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 2, 2020, adopted a set of amendments to simplify and improve the exempt offering framework. The amendments are designed to make it easier for issuers to access the...more
In structuring a UK scheme of arrangement that involves the restructuring of existing securities and/or the offer of new securities, due consideration must be given to the relevant US securities laws and registration...more
Speaking at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago on February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a safe harbor from U.S. securities laws so that developers of blockchain protocols could offer and sell...more
Pursuant to new Rule 139b (Rule) under the Securities Act of 1933, the publication of a “research report” on “covered investment funds” by an unaffiliated broker-dealer will not be deemed an “offer for sale or offer to sell”...more
Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new intrastate offering exemption under the Securities Act of 1933. Significantly, new Rule 147A will have no restrictions on offers and will not require that an...more
On May 3, 2016, the SEC adopted final rules regarding reporting obligation thresholds under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 mandated by the JOBS Act and the securities provisions of the FAST Act. The rules become...more
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) was signed into law by President Obama on December 4, 2015. Though the bulk of the FAST Act relates to infrastructure funding, it includes a number of significant...more
Yesterday’s post introduced new Section 4(a)(7) of the Securities Act of 1933, as added by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act or the “FAST Act”. Boiled down to the essentials, this is a secondary trading...more