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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Les ACVM annoncent des mesures destinées à renforcer la compétitivité des marchés canadiens

Étant donné l’incertitude persistante qui règne sur les marchés et qui a entraîné un ralentissement des premiers appels publics à l’épargne (les « PAPE ») au Canada au cours du premier trimestre de 2025, les Autorités...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Securities Regulators Reduce Friction for Capital Raising with Incremental Changes to Prospectus Rules

Canadian securities regulators recently implemented three blanket orders introducing exemptions intended to reduce friction for capital raising. Key among these improvements is an exemption that eliminates the requirement for...more

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EU Markets Become More Accessible to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Thanks to Changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation: A...

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The European Union ("EU") Listing Act, approved by the EU Council on October 8, 2024, introduces key changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation, offering greater flexibility to access and issue securities on EU markets for small...more

White & Case LLP

European IPO markets rally with a focus on sustaining long-term growth

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Although European IPO markets still trail pre-pandemic levels, they began an upward trajectory in 2024, with an encouraging pipeline of new IPO candidates lined up for 2025. Regulators, issuers and investors are not resting...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules Related to SPAC IPOs and DeSPAC Transactions

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On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) related to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and de-SPAC transactions.[1] The Final Rules are intended...more

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SEC Proposes Rules Governing SPACs and De-SPAC Transactions

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The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) market is facing both a new set of rules and amendments to rules already in place under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Last month, the U.S....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The SEC Moves to Close the (IPO) Back Door

On March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed rules focused on special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and subsequent business combination transactions between SPACs and private operating...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Proposes a “Sea Change” Set of New Rules Applicable to SPACs and Other Market Participants

On March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rules and amendments to existing rules and forms (the “Proposed Rules”) addressing the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SPACs Face Legislative Scrutiny: House Financial Services Committee Advances Two SPAC-Related Bills

Two pieces of legislation aimed at imposing additional regulations on special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) were recently introduced in the US House of Representatives.  ...more

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