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The Asia-Pacific region had to contend with a slowdown in new listings in mainland China, but another bumper year for India's IPO market, which consolidated its position as the most active IPO hub globally, helped to lift...more
Global IPO markets made steady gains in 2024, with IPO proceeds increasing compared to the previous year as the high interest rates that had disrupted major markets began to ease. After a challenging 2023 where global IPO...more
The final regulations of the Outbound Investment Security Program, issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the Treasury Department) on October 28, 2024 (the Final Rule), will become effective on January 2,...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more
Since the early 1990s, the U.S. stock exchanges have long been home to many prominent Chinese companies as they tried to attract a wide spectrum of investors and enhance their global profile. Over the past decade, waves of...more
With deep and liquid capital markets offering unique access to the Mainland China investor market, many international businesses are considering pursuing their IPOs in Hong Kong. This summary outlines key issues for companies...more
Global IPO markets endured a difficult 2023 in the face of rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty. But after a challenging 12 months, the outlook for IPO activity in 2024 is brightening This past year has been one...more
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
This digest outlines some of the significant legal work undertaken by Conyers on behalf of our clients around the world since the beginning of 2022. The year was challenging for many of our clients, with global uncertainty...more
New York’s Appellate Division, First Department recently affirmed dismissal, with prejudice, of a securities class action lawsuit against Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer NIO, Inc. The suit, captioned Donlon v. NIO,...more
Like other global financial centers, Hong Kong has seen falling IPO volumes and volatile markets in 2022 in the face of challenging macroeconomic conditions and rising geopolitical tensions, including between China and the...more
FINRA, Nasdaq, and NYSE published separate notices to alert their members about recent observations related to initial public offerings (IPOs) for certain small capitalization (small-cap) issuers listed on US stock exchanges...more
In December 2020, then-US president Donald J. Trump signed into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the "HFCAA"). This law is just one measure, among many, that have been promulgated by legislative and...more
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
On December 27, 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition)...more
On December 20, 2021, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the "Division") posted an illustrative letter containing sample comments that the Division may issue to companies based in, or with the majority of their...more
In early July, investigations by a Chinese cybersecurity regulatory agency, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), into at least three China-based technology companies—DiDi Global Inc. (“DiDi”), Full Truck Alliance...more
Treasury Secretary Yellen perhaps inadvertently dipped back into Fed Chair mode for a bit on Tuesday, acknowledging that some movement in interest rates may be necessary to “keep the economy from overheating given the large...more
The latest round of quarterly results from Netflix shows that while the grand-daddy of streaming “still rules” that universe, a combination of upstart and old-guard rivals “have cut into Netflix’s share of viewers’...more
A fiery, deadly Tesla crash outside of Houston over the weekend is prompting a federal probe of the company’s self-driving autonomous mode for “potential gaps in self-driving car technology.” ...more
Most eyes in the labor world are on Birmingham, Alabama, where the NLRB is hand-counting the 3215 ballots cast by workers in Amazon’s Bessemer, AL warehouse on whether to unionize. Though results could be released later...more
The Senate passed its version of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus bill this weekend “after a grueling 27-hour session” that featured “the longest vote in modern Senate history.” ...more
Your Big Tech vs. Australia update: after raising a “well, then, no search engine for you” fuss in response to the country’s proposed law requiring tech giants to “pay news organizations for the news articles that are shared...more
In a much-anticipated [well, for some of us central bank nerds, at least] to the Economic Club of NY, Fed Chair Powell on Wednesday acknowledged that pent-up consumer demand unlocked by a big government stimulus package could...more
Despite the impact of COVID-19 and other recent developments in Hong Kong, the city’s role as a center for China-based companies to raise capital became even more important in 2020. The momentum of several trends that began...more