On March 5, 2026, in advance of the March 18th compliance deadline, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order granting directors and officers of certain foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) an exemption...more
3/9/2026
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UK
On February 27, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted certain rule and form amendments implementing the landmark requirements of the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (“HIFAA”). ...more
3/3/2026
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Corporate Officers ,
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Foreign Private Issuers ,
Insider Trading ,
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Regulation
Each year in our Annual Memo, White & Case’s Public Company Advisory Group provides practical insights on preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-Ks, Annual Meeting Proxy Statements and, for FPIs, the Annual Report on Form 20-F....more
1/6/2026
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Form 20-F ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On September 17, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission published a policy statement, announcing that decisions by the SEC about whether to accelerate the effectiveness of a registration statement will not be...more
9/19/2025
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Class Action ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
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Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholder Litigation
US IPO markets entered 2025 well positioned for a promising year as stabilizing interest rates, a business-friendly US administration and the pressing need for private equity firms to exit portfolio companies laid the...more
US IPO markets have been lackluster during the past 24 months, but, as interest rates stabilize and stock valuations recover, the backdrop for US IPOs in 2024 is improving -
Despite high interest rates and geopolitical...more
4/18/2024
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FinTech ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Listing Rules ,
Nasdaq ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Retail Market ,
Stock Exchange ,
Technology Sector
Resetting expectations -
It was clear in the opening months of 2022 that the winds had changed for the global IPO market as compared to the prior year, a rocky path that continued throughout the year and into the first...more
4/28/2023
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Capital Markets ,
Economic Growth ,
EMEA ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Global Market ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Markets ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
Fueled by strong stock markets and the need for yield, investors poured money into IPOs in 2021, resulting in a record-breaking year -
Global IPO activity hit an all-time high in 2021 as the market continued to roar back...more
GSS bonds and other forms of sustainable finance have become a mainstream feature of Latin American debt capital markets -
Sustainability issues in Latin America have long been closely linked to finance, but never more so...more
10/28/2021
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Capital Markets ,
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Corporate Governance ,
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Global Warming ,
Green Finance ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Latin America ,
Popular ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance
Growing investor appetite for financial products with a positive impact, coupled with a demand for recovery capital post-COVID-19, have lifted the market for social bonds....more
On May 4, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published four COVID-19 related FAQs. This additional guidance relates to SEC’s March 25,...more
5/13/2020
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Corp Fin ,
Exceptions ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-3 ,
Nasdaq ,
Notice Requirements ,
Offerings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Approval ,
Temporary Regulations
On December 18, 2019, the Securities and the Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) published its proposal to amend the accredited investor definition set forth in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities...more
1/8/2020
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Family Offices ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Natural Person Requirement ,
Private Funds ,
Private Offerings ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Public Comment ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Regulation D ,
Rule 144A ,
Rule 501 ,
Rule 506 Offerings ,
Rural Business Investment Companies (RBICs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Offering Exemptions
The SEC is proposing to extend the testing-the-waters ("TTW") accommodation to all issuers, including investment company issuers.1 Citing the dominance of the IPO market by emerging growth companies ("EGCs")2 and evidence...more
2/25/2019
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Corporate Issuers ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Companies ,
JOBS Act ,
Offerings ,
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Public Comment ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Regulation FD ,
Request For Information ,
Securities Act ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Testing-the-Waters Communications