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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2024 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HKEX and SFC Reduce Barriers for Specialist Technology Company IPOs and De-SPACs

查看中文 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have announced a temporary relaxation of the minimum market capitalization requirements for Specialist Technology Company...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - August 2024

查看中文 This update primarily provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the second quarter of 2024 relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CSA Propose Amendments Related to CSE’s Senior Tier, Majority Voting, Escrow Agreements and More

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) recently published for comment proposed amendments and changes to certain national instruments and policies to: (i) address the Canadian Securities Exchange’s (“CSE”) creation of...more

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IPO – 2024年のテーマとトレンド

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2022年半ばの私共香港オフィスによるバミューダ及びケイマン諸島会社のIPOのテーマとトレンドレビューは、香港とニューヨークの二都市の市場についてでした。2年後の今、香港市場は引き続き、NYSE/Nasdaqの台頭に対して苦戦しています。2024年、アジアに拠点を置く企業のIPOの現状はどうでしょうか?...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Nasdaq Proposes to Accelerate Delisting Process

Nasdaq has proposed amendments to its listing standards that would accelerate the delisting process for certain companies that fail to satisfy its minimum bid price requirement. These proposals are ostensibly in response to...more

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What To Expect for the IPO Market in the Second Half of 2024

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The market for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States has exceeded expectations in the first half of 2024. According to Renaissance Capital, 69 IPOs were priced by June 30, 2024, marking a 32.7% increase...more

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Securities Class Action Filings: 2024 Midyear Assessment - Key Trends in Federal Filings

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This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - COVID-19-related filings are on pace to increase by 27% in 2024. The number of cryptocurrency-related filings in 2024 H1 (three) was in line...more

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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2024

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2024. Global Market Update -...more

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Historic New Listing Rules Adopted for the UK

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On 11 July 2024, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) unveiled its final UK Listing Rules for the Main Market, set to take effect on 29 July 2024. These reforms represent the most significant transformation of the...more

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IPOs – Themes and Trends 2024

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When I last reviewed the themes and trends we are seeing for IPOs of Bermuda and Cayman companies from our office in Hong Kong in mid-2022, it was very much a tale of two cities. Two years later, there is little to indicate...more

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At a Glance Initial Public Offerings 2023

An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the initial offering by a company of a class of its equity securities, usually with a contemporaneous listing of that class of securities on a national securities exchange....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HKEX Consults on New Corporate Governance Reforms

查看中文 In a consultation paper issued in June 2024, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) is proposing amendments to The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on HKEX (the Listing Rules) to improve corporate...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Report on Hong Kong-Listed Biotech Companies - June 2024

点击此处阅读调查报告全文 Our fourth annual report on Hong Kong-listed biotech companies examines how the sector performed during the continuing challenging market conditions of the last full calendar year. Although the number of...more

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Hong Kong: HKEX Proposes Amendments to Listing Rules to Strengthen Corporate Governance for Listed Companies

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On 14 June 2024, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) published a consultation paper outlining proposed amendments to the Corporate Governance Code (Code) and related Listing Rules to strengthen the...more

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Norway Bulletin 2024

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We are pleased to bring you the Conyers Norway Bulletin for 2024, in which we highlight developments affecting Bermuda incorporated companies in the Norwegian market over the past year. The Oslo Børs continues to serve as...more

Alston & Bird

An Update to Climate Risk Disclosures Among the SEC, CA, and the EU: Navigating Next Steps

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on disclosing climate-related risks to investors are on hold, but California and EU rules are in effect. Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams...more

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HKEx Announces Consultation Conclusion for New Treasury Shares Rules

查看中文 In its conclusions to a market consultation process held in late 2023, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) has announced it will permit listed companies to hold their own shares as treasury shares and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Takeover Panel Proposes Narrowing the Scope of Companies Subject to the Takeover Code

On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more

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Newly Proposed Regulations on Stock Buyback Excise Tax Largely Adopt Approach From Initial IRS Guidance

On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829) on the excise tax on stock buybacks enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction...more

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Ready to launch: US stock markets are poised for a strong 2024

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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

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Resilience and reform: Hong Kong adapts to change

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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

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Challenges remain but IPO outlook brightens

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Global IPO markets have had a comparatively positive start to 2024 after a challenging year. Investors and IPO candidates hope that stable interest rates and pent-up demand will support an increasing flow of IPO activity in...more

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Amendments to the GEM Listing Rules

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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) implemented its reforms to the GEM Listing Rules on 1 January 2024. For companies currently listed on GEM, one of the key changes is a new streamlined transfer...more

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Italy – New Capital Markets Law

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The Italian legislature enacted new measures , effective from March 27, 2024, to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and rationalize corporate governance dynamics (the "Capital Markets Law")....more

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