Yesterday's Wall Street Journal includes a story about the possible delisting of shares of Chinese companies. Shares of companies that are listed, or authorized for listing, on a national securities exchange (or tier or...more
In the client alert dated January 27, 2023, we described a recently enacted federal exemption (the “Exemption”) from SEC registration for Merger and Acquisition Brokers which meet the qualifications of amended Section 15(b)...more
On March 29, 2023, a new exemption from SEC registration for brokers providing services in mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions officially went into effect. The exemption, outlined in Section 501 of the Consolidated...more
Effective March 29, 2023, certain small business brokers will be exempted from registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The new law was signed into effect on December 29, 2022, as part of the...more
Business brokers and intermediaries who are active in the lower end of the M&A middle market have been lobbying Congress for 10 years to enact a limited exemption from broker registration under the Securities Exchange Act of...more