On March 1, 2022, HM Treasury published its conclusions on the consultation it launched in July 2021 on major reforms to the U.K.’s prospectus regime. That consultation followed on from Lord Hill’s Listing Review which made...more
ESMA warns against investor protection risks and provides guidance on expected disclosures. On 15 July 2021, ESMA published a statement on the prospectus disclosure and investor protection issues raised by special...more
On 11 December 2019, a Regulation amending the Market Abuse Regulation and the Prospectus Regulation was published. The aim of these amendments is to increase the attractiveness of SME Growth Markets by reducing some of the...more
New length restrictions will require issuers to focus on key information for investors. Under the Prospectus Regulation, which comes into force on 21 July 2019 (See EU Prospectus Regulation: New Format and Content...more
After its entry into force on 20 July 2017, the new Prospectus Regulation ("PR3") will become fully applicable from 21 July 2019. It will replace the previous EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive"). The change...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation paper on its draft technical advice to the European Commission on the minimum information content of documents provided for the purpose of describing...more
A new prospectus regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) (the Regulation) will come into direct effect on 20 July 2017, with a small number of provisions applying immediately and the remainder applying from 21 July 2019. The...more
The EU’s new Prospectus Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 30 June 2017 and enters into force 20 days after such date, so 20 July 2017. The vast majority of its provisions will have effect from 21...more
The New Prospectus Regulation ((EU) 2017/1129) (PR) will come into force on 20 July 2017. The final text was published in the Official Journal on 30 June 2017 and will enter into force twenty days after its publication. ...more