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Life Sciences Snapshot – Q2 2024 – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q1 2024 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q1 totaled $7.8 billion, which represents a 22.1% increase in value from Q4...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q1 2024

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q4 2023 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q4 2023 totaled $6.6 billion, representing a 25.0% decrease from the prior...more

Founder Series: Exit Ready (Part 2 – IPOs)

Orrick's Founder Series offers monthly top tips for UK startups on key considerations at each stage of their lifecycle, from incorporating a company through to possible exit strategies. The Series is written by members of our...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q4 2023

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q3 2023 include: Life sciences VC deal value in Q3 2023 totaled $7.7 billion, representing an uptick from last quarter...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q3 2023

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q2 2023 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q2 2023 totaled $6.7 billion across 384 deals, representing a slight...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q1 2023

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q4 2022 include: • Deal value reached $7.1 billion in Q4 across 392 deals, bringing the 2022 annual total to $38.0 billion...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q2 2022

This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series breaks down the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry during Q1 2022, which saw some disruptions following a record year in 2021. Key...more

FCA Publishes Final Rules on Board and Executive Management Diversity and Inclusion

The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has announced new Listing Rules ("LRs") and changes to the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DTRs") on board and executive management diversity and inclusion in its policy...more

FCA Publishes New Listing Rule and Guidance on Climate Related Disclosures Applicable to Standard Listed Companies

On 17 December 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") announced a new Listing Rule on climate-related disclosures in its policy statement PS12/23. The new Listing Rule will apply to issuers of shares (or global...more

FCA Updates the Listing Rules – Out With the Old, in With the New

On 2 December 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") announced some material changes to the Listing Rules in its policy statement PS21/22; these are summarised below. The FCA has sought to strike a balance between...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q4 2021

This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series breaks down the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry, which is on track to set all-time records this year. Key findings include: • With...more

I Want You SPAC for Good – The FCA Publishes Listing Rule Changes for UK SPACs

As outlined in our 30 April 2021 insight, Exit through the SPAC door? UK FCA publishes proposed changes to the Listing Rules, the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a consultation paper (the "Consultation")...more

Exit through the SPAC door? UK FCA publishes proposed changes to the Listing Rules

The UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its proposals to amend the Listing Rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs"), having considered Lord Hill’s UK Listing Review Report....more

California Legislature Passes AB 979 Requiring Public Companies to Add Directors From Underrepresented Communities

On August 31, 2020, the California State Assembly Banking and Finance Committee voted to give final legislative approval to Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979), allowing it to move forward to Governor Newsom for signature or veto on...more

SEC Updates Disclosure Requirements for Risk Factors and Business and Legal Proceeding Descriptions

Exchange Act Reports; Securities Act Filings - On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced changes to Regulation S-K intended to modernize certain disclosures related to an issuer’s business...more

Now Is the Perfect Time to Plan for Your U.S. IPO in 2021

The U.S. IPO market has re-opened in a big way: demand is up substantially after a dip in March and April, and the outlook for companies looking to list on Nasdaq or the NYSE, particularly for life sciences companies, is...more

SEC Offers Extended Filing Relief to Companies Hit by Coronavirus

Exchange Act Reports - On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an exemptive order modifying its March 4, 2020 order granting regulatory relief for certain publicly-traded company filing obligations...more

COVID-19 UK update: LSE publishes revised dividend timetable; Companies House announce extension to accounts filing

Dividend Timetable Revisions - On 25 March 2020, the LSE published Market Notice N07/20 which provides issuers with guidance in relation to payment dates under the 2020 Dividend Procedure timetable. This was in response to...more

COVID-19 UK Update: AIM issue additional guidance and relax some rules for suspended companies

London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) have announced that until further notice, AIM Regulation will be applying discretion to the application of certain AIM Rules for companies and the AIM Rules for nominated advisers...more

COVID-19 UK Insight: FCA, FRC and financial reporting emergency measures

The Financial Conduct Authority took the unprecedented step yesterday (Sunday March 22, 2020) of writing to all issuers who had guided that they were releasing preliminary results in the coming days ahead of the release for...more

SEC Expands Smaller Reporting Company Relief

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Filing Deadlines - On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the definitions of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer.”...more

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