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
With 2023 marking a significant global market slowdown, many IPO candidates have suspended or postponed their plan. Only six initial public offerings (IPOs) have been successful in France in 2023, raising a total of about...more
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
The past 12 months have not been the best for European IPO activity, with EMEA IPO proceeds (including SPACs) falling 24 percent year-on-year to US$22.19 billion. After a challenging year when IPO appetite was impacted...more
Along with other stock exchanges across the world, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) had a challenging 2023, recording only 23 new listings with a total value of less than US$1 billion. This represented a 23 percent...more
This edition of the Conyers Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the second half of 2023. Global Market Update...more
While the British media is currently focussed on a small number of large-cap companies, formerly listed in London, choosing to move their listings to New York, there is another story which is not so well publicised. Many...more
Decisive inorganic growth decisions by London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse, Nasdaq and Euronext set a furious pace for European trading venue M&A activity....more
Recent weeks and months have seen regular coverage on the growing trend of large UK based companies exploring listings on US stock exchanges such as New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq at the expense of the London Stock...more
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more
As part of the wider review of the UK’s capital markets regulatory landscape, the FCA published Consultation Paper CP23/10, which sets out reforms for companies with listed shares on the Main Market of the London Stock...more
Welcome to the White & Case US SPACs Data Hub, which provides a quarterly review and analysis of key drivers and trends behind US SPAC IPO and de-SPAC activity. ...more
On 24 March 2023, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEx”) published the consultation conclusions on the proposals to create a listing regime for Specialist Technology Companies in Hong Kong. Prior to the...more
On March 24, 2023, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Exchange”) issued the long-awaited consultation conclusions (the “Consultation Conclusions”) on the listing regime for Specialist Technology Companies on the...more
Global market update - The second half of 2022 proved to be as challenging as H1 had been for global markets. Worldwide financial uncertainty continued, fed by a number of parallel and often related ongoing crises:...more
Global factors have impacted M&A and investment activity around the world, and Brazil has been no exception. Latin America in general saw a much lower level of activity in 2022 than the blockbuster year of 2021. However,...more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Exchange”) has recently published a Consultation Paper on the proposed new listing regime for Specialist Technology Companies on the Main Board by introducing a new Chapter 18C. The...more
European SPAC IPO issuance has slowed materially over the first six months of 2022. EU SPACs raised US$1.78 billion in H1 2022, down from the US$5.11 billion secured over the same period last year. EU de-SPAC deal value...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Stock Exchanges/Trading Venues - Europe's FMI goes digital—data analytics, capital markets solutions, RegTech and DLT-based tech acquisitions feed the...more
US de-SPAC M&A deal value has contracted significantly during the first half of 2022, sliding from US$231.31 billion during the buoyant H1 2021 period to just US$26.29 billion for H1 2022. A wider M&A slowdown as a result of...more
As part of our five year anniversary celebrations of our law firm opening in Bermuda, we put together the original version of this summary report highlighting the latest developments and trends in the Bermuda legal and...more
On January 28, 2022, the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") published a report "Understanding the reality of the public offering price setting process in the initial public offerings (IPOs)" ("Report"). The Report was...more
European SPAC IPO issuance totalled US$8.56 billion in 2021, with the market generating record levels of activity as momentum from the red-hot US SPAC scene carried into Europe. Record SPAC IPO issuance supported buoyant...more
The summer vacation period through August saw no new IPOs from European SPAC sponsors, but the market for De-SPAC deals involving European targets remained active. European assets continue to attract interest from US SPAC...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the first half of 2021. Global market update The first half of...more