Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 4, 2017 Client Update Davis Polk Submits Comment Letter to SEC on Proposal for Universal Proxy Cards In October 2016, the SEC proposed rules that would, if adopted, substantially impact proxy contests at U.S. public compani... December 8, 2016 Client Update Court Rules Debt-for-Debt Exchange Offer Limited to Institutional Investors Does Not Violate Trust Indenture Act An issuer of high yield bonds won dismissal of claims brought by retail noteholders who claimed that a debt swap of new se... December 8, 2016 Client Update Preparing Your 2016 Form 20-F This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2016 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous... November 28, 2016 Client Update Third Circuit Finds Noteholders Have Right to Payment of Make-Whole Premium After Bankruptcy Acceleration On November 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, based in Philadelphia, held that noteholders were entitle... November 21, 2016 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance on 5-Day Debt Tender Offers and Financial Advisor Disclosure in Equity Tender Offers On November 18, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published new guidance relating to its 2015 no-action letter o... November 17, 2016 Client Update The Trump Transition and Possible Directions for Financial Regulatory Reform President-Elect Trump’s transition website promises to “dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act and replace it with new policies ... November 10, 2016 Client Update ISS Updates Pay-for-Performance Evaluation Methodology for 2017 On November 8, 2016, the proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) released updates to its methodo... October 28, 2016 Client Update SEC Proposes Universal Proxy Cards On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed long-expected changes to the proxy rules in order to mandat... September 30, 2016 Client Update Issue 7: Lex et Brexit — The Law and Brexit IN THIS ISSUE: Introduction French pitch for Paris to become Europe’s financial center A regime with sticking power... September 30, 2016 Client Update SEC Proposes T+2 Settlement Cycle On September 28, in a long-anticipated move, the SEC proposed to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dea... Load More
January 4, 2017 Client Update Davis Polk Submits Comment Letter to SEC on Proposal for Universal Proxy Cards In October 2016, the SEC proposed rules that would, if adopted, substantially impact proxy contests at U.S. public compani...
December 8, 2016 Client Update Court Rules Debt-for-Debt Exchange Offer Limited to Institutional Investors Does Not Violate Trust Indenture Act An issuer of high yield bonds won dismissal of claims brought by retail noteholders who claimed that a debt swap of new se...
December 8, 2016 Client Update Preparing Your 2016 Form 20-F This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2016 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous...
November 28, 2016 Client Update Third Circuit Finds Noteholders Have Right to Payment of Make-Whole Premium After Bankruptcy Acceleration On November 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, based in Philadelphia, held that noteholders were entitle...
November 21, 2016 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance on 5-Day Debt Tender Offers and Financial Advisor Disclosure in Equity Tender Offers On November 18, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published new guidance relating to its 2015 no-action letter o...
November 17, 2016 Client Update The Trump Transition and Possible Directions for Financial Regulatory Reform President-Elect Trump’s transition website promises to “dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act and replace it with new policies ...
November 10, 2016 Client Update ISS Updates Pay-for-Performance Evaluation Methodology for 2017 On November 8, 2016, the proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) released updates to its methodo...
October 28, 2016 Client Update SEC Proposes Universal Proxy Cards On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed long-expected changes to the proxy rules in order to mandat...
September 30, 2016 Client Update Issue 7: Lex et Brexit — The Law and Brexit IN THIS ISSUE: Introduction French pitch for Paris to become Europe’s financial center A regime with sticking power...
September 30, 2016 Client Update SEC Proposes T+2 Settlement Cycle On September 28, in a long-anticipated move, the SEC proposed to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dea...