On August 6, 2020, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (“Working Group”) released its Report on Protecting United States Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies (“Report”)....more
8/7/2020
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China ,
Emerging Markets ,
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Investment ,
Investor Protection ,
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PCAOB ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration ,
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This First Analysis article discusses the amendments (Amended Rules) adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 21, 2020 in connection with financial statement disclosures on...more
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MTN programs are designed to enable frequent debt issuers to access the market quickly, without the burden of negotiating a suite of takedown documents for each debt issuance.
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On July 9, 2020, SEC Office of Internal Affairs Director Raquel Fox and SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman moderated a panel discussion concerning the disclosure and reporting considerations of...more
On July 9, 2020, SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Chief Economist and Director S.P. Kothari and SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Director Peter Driscoll moderated a panel discussion concerning...more
This market trends article identifies disclosures related to U.S. Tariff Policies that offer detailed discussions on the actual and potential effects for the particular registrants and concludes with recommendations on how to...more
On June 8 and 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission had published in the Federal Register for comment several rule proposals from Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that would apply to companies whose principal...more
A Presidential memorandum was issued on June 4, 2020 calling for “firm, orderly action to end the Chinese practice of flouting American transparency requirements without negatively affecting American investors and financial...more
On May 21, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (Amended Rules)1 to financial statement disclosures with respect to business acquisitions and dispositions required by Regulation S-X’s Rule...more
On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation (the “bill”) that would amend Section 104 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....more
Registered direct offerings, or RDOs, are hybrid securities offerings, meaning that these offerings have some characteristics typically associated with private placements and some characteristics of public offerings. During...more
On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair, Chief Accountant and Divisions of Corporation Finance and Investment Management Directors, together with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board...more
Market volatility is now the norm. Financing “windows” often open and close rather abruptly, and issuers must be prepared to undertake a capital-raising transaction quickly. Often, a PIPE transaction can be executed during...more
A U.S. reporting company that produces, distills and markets alcoholic beverages, such as vodkas, whiskeys, tequilas, gins and beer, and that has shares and American Depositary Shares listed on the London Stock Exchange and...more
2/27/2020
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Distributors ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Statements ,
Form 20-F ,
Inventory ,
London Stock Exchange ,
NYSE ,
Overstatement of Basis ,
Penalties ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Supply and Demand ,
Target Amounts ,
Wine & Alcohol
A partnership (or LLC) can go public in a highly tax-efficient manner by using an “Up-C” structure. An Up-C structure is composed of two entities: (1) a parent company, a C corporation (“PubCo”) which will be organized as a...more
On May 3, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed revisions to financial statement disclosures with respect to business acquisitions and dispositions required by Regulation S-X’s Rule 3-05 (Financial...more