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Morrison & Foerster LLP

China’s Updated Company Law: Impacts on Shareholders’ Rights

China’s updated Company Law (the “new Law”) took effect on July 1, 2024. First promulgated on December 29, 1993, the PRC Company Law has undergone two substantial updates during its 30 years of development, the previous one...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

UK Listing Rules Reform: Seeking to Boost Competitiveness

On 11 July 2024, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its final rules (PS24/6) for a new, simplified and more competitive UK listing regime (the “Rules”).The FCA’s overall aim is to create a more...more

Mayer Brown

CVM publica regras que alteram ritos de participação e votação a distância em assembleias gerais de acionistas

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Essa semana (04/06/2024), a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) divulgou a Resolução CVM nº 204, que promove alterações na Resolução CVM nº 81/22 e traz inovações nas regras de participação e votação a distância em...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Spain (Updated)

1. TYPES OF BUSINES ENTITIES - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - • Limited companies: Corporation and Limited Liability Company - When...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2024

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments from the fourth quarter of 2023 impacting the investment management sector, including the use of shareholder rights plans as an alternative to state control share statutes....more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

BCSC Provides New Guidance on “Acting Jointly or in Concert” for Proxy Contests

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In its recent decision in NorthWest Copper Corp., 2023 BCSECCOM 602, the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) provided new guidance on the interpretation of “acting jointly or in concert” in the context of a proxy...more

Snell & Wilmer

Eighth Circuit Ends Private Enforcement of Key Provision of the Voting Rights Act

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The Voting Rights Act (“VRA”), a landmark civil rights law enacted in 1965, has frequently been used as an enforcement mechanism to strike down voting laws and procedures that discriminate against voters on the basis of race....more

DarrowEverett LLP

Lessons For Founders From Sam Altman’s Short-Lived OpenAI Ouster

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We’ve all read countless headlines and articles about the removal and swift return of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI over the past several weeks. Simply put, the nonprofit board voted to remove Altman as a result of a...more

Allen Matkins

Abandoning Cumulative Voting Does Not Extend Term Of Office

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In November 2018, the citizens of Mission Viejo elected three persons to the City Council for two-year terms of office, rather than four years as prescribed by California Government Code section 57377.  This was done pursuant...more

Locke Lord LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Approves ‎Differential Voting Within Same Class

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Two recent decisions of the Delaware Court of Chancery offer increased flexibility for Delaware corporations to adopt differential voting by stockholders. Differential voting has typically been used to give key stockholders...more

Jones Day

Amendments to the Hong Kong Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buybacks

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In Short - The Situation: Certain provisions of the current Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buybacks of Hong Kong (the "Codes") may cause confusion to companies and relevant stakeholders in complying with the...more

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Luxembourg Adopts New Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regime

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In Short - The Background: Luxembourg has introduced a new foreign direct investment regime with a suspensory mandatory notification requirement in relation to investments in a broad range of sectors....more

Jones Day

Consultation Paper on the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's Proposed Amendments to the Takeovers Codes

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In Short - The Situation: Certain provisions of the current Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-Backs of Hong Kong (the "Codes") may cause confusion to companies and relevant stakeholders in complying with the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The “Board Flip”: How Effective is the Pre-Petition Exercise of Proxy Rights in the Face of Bankruptcy?

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When debt restructuring discussions are at an impasse and the reservoir of goodwill between the parties has run dry, stakeholders face difficult choices. For a lender, one of the most powerful tools available is the exercise...more

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First Department Recognizes Cause of Action for Specific Performance of LLC Member Voting Agreement

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In 1941, two of the three shareholders of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. entered into an agreement stating that they would vote their combined 630 of the outstanding 1000 shares of Ringling Bros. stock...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Important Ruling for Multi-Class Companies Addressing Class Votes

Earlier today, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an important ruling concluding that two companies with multiple classes of common stock were not required, under the Delaware statute,...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Spain (Updated)

1. TYPES OF BUSINES ENTITIES - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - • Limited companies: Corporation and Limited Liability Company - When...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Israel (Updated)

While there are a few different forms of “corporate” entities in Israel, this guide will focus on companies and partnerships as these are the entities that the non-Israeli businessman is most likely to set up or invest in if...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Russia Issues New Authority to Suspend Voting Rights of Some International Investors in Major Russian Companies

The new Russian Presidential decree authorizes the suspension of voting rights of some Western minority shareholders and members in Russian companies until the end of 2023. This latest measure to temporarily suspend voting...more

Morgan Lewis

Update: New Decree Allows Certain Russian Companies to Remove Voting Rights of Minority Shareholders and Directors from Unfriendly...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted Decree No. 16 on January 17, allowing Russian companies to change their corporate decision-making so that minority shareholders from the so-called “unfriendly states” (or those...more

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ISS and Glass Lewis Voting Guideline Updates

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As is customary this time of year, both Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis issued updates to their voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. At a high level, the updates focused on director...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Proxy Advisors Update Voting Guidelines for 2023 Focusing on Board Diversity, Officer Exculpation and ESG Oversight

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy advisors in the United States, have announced updates and clarifications for their voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. Their voting...more

Allen Matkins

Voting Of Shares Held By Multiple Owners

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Shares can be held of record by multiple owners in a variety of ways, including as fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, spouses as community property, tenants by the entirety, voting...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Spain (Updated)

1. TYPES OF BUSINES ENTITIES - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Limited companies: Corporation and Limited Liability Company - When...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Israel (Updated)

While there are a few different forms of “corporate” entities in Israel, this guide will focus on companies and partnerships as these are the entities that the non-Israeli businessman is most likely to set up or invest in if...more

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