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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Grants Broker-Dealers Permanent Exemptive Relief From Rule 15c2-11 for Fixed-Income Securities Sold Under Rule 144A Safe...

On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting broker-dealers exemptive relief from Rule 15c2-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for fixed-income securities sold in...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

What’s the Deal? – Regulation S

Here’s the deal: Regulation S provides an exclusion from the Section 5 registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for offerings made outside the United States by both U.S....more

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SEC Makes it Easier to Fundraise—Streamlines Exempt Offering Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it adopted final rules to simplify the “patchwork” framework for exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933. These amendments generally follow...more

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SEC Amends Rules to Facilitate Capital Raising in Private Offerings

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On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to facilitate the use of private, or “exempt,” offerings. The changes will impact offerings structured pursuant to Section 4(a)(2), Regulation D...more

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SEC Proposes to Expand Private Offerings

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On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed broad changes to the current private offering framework. Recognizing the growing market for private investments, this is the latest in a series of recent...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

SEC Attempts to Halt Telegram’s Planned Token Distribution

On October 11, 2019, the SEC filed an emergency action to stop Telegram (Telegram Group Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary TON Issuer Inc.) from continuing its offering of tokens. Telegram raised approximately $1.7 billion...more

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SEC’s Crypto Summer Continues

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SEC issues cease-and-desist orders for unregistered token presales and anti-touting violations. Not content to let the dog days of summer slip by, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued two...more

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

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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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Funds Talk: May 2017 - Securitization Rules Offer Differing Definitions of ‘U.S. Person’

With the long-awaited U.S. rules requiring a level of risk retention in securitizations recently going into effect, an added wrinkle has been created by a slight difference in how “U.S. person” is defined in different...more

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SEC Staff Releases New Interpretations Relevant for Foreign Private Issuers and Rule 144A

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On December 8, 2016, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released new “C&DI” interpretations, many of them applicable in particular to foreign private issuers. They provide welcome certainty for companies seeking to...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

New Corp Fin CDIs Clarify QIB Status for Rule 144A Offerings

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance staff released 35 new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) on December 8th. Among numerous interpretations focused on issues applicable to foreign private issuers and...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes to Ease Intrastate Offering Exemption to Facilitate Crowdfunding

The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 147 under the Securities Act of 1933, which currently provides a safe harbor for compliance with the Section 3(a)(11) exemption from registration for intrastate securities offerings....more

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Notification Requirement for Firms Claiming Compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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The GIPS Executive Committee has approved a new requirement, effective January 1, 2015, that any firm claiming compliance with GIPS must annually notify the CFA Institute of such claim by June 30. Each GIPS-compliant firm...more

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