Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 16, 2015 Client Update Chair White Statement Regarding Controversial Staff Decisions on Proxy Access Proposals Causes SEC Staff to Express No Views on 14a-8(i)(9) During Proxy Season The SEC has issued a statement, which, although no mention of the proxy access proposals is specifically made, addresses t... January 15, 2015 Client Update Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds Under the HSR Act and For the Prohibition of Interlocking Directorates - January 2015 The memorandum addresses today’s announced changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thre... January 14, 2015 Client Update SEC Announces Its Examination Office will Review Proxy Advisory Firm Recommendations and Disclosure The SEC announced its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) priorities for 2015, which focus on thre... January 14, 2015 Client Update Vanguard’s View on Proxy Access Proposals Vanguard has indicated that they are in the process of adding language to their proxy voting guidelines to communicate the... January 13, 2015 Client Update Report on SEC Comment Letter Trends Highlight Issues for 10-K Disclosure Deloitte recently published a 127-page report on SEC comment letter trends that companies may find useful as they prepare ... January 12, 2015 Client Update CII Challenges Companies’ Own Proxy Access Proposals and SEC Staff’s Decision on Whole Foods’ Shareholder Proposal According to the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), the 2015 proxy season is off to an “explosive start” becaus... January 9, 2015 Client Update UK Takeover Code – Post-Offer Statements and Miscellaneous Changes The UK Takeover Panel has confirmed a number of changes to the UK takeover regime in a series of Panel Statements released... January 9, 2015 Client Update UK Takeover Code – Post-Offer Statements and Miscellaneous Changes The UK Takeover Panel has confirmed a number of changes to the UK takeover regime in a series of Panel Statements released... January 8, 2015 Client Update IRS Internal Memorandum Concludes Offshore Fund Engaged in Lending and Underwriting Business in the United States On January 2, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released a Chief Counsel Advice memorandum (the “CCA”) that... January 8, 2015 Client Update IRS Internal Memorandum Concludes Offshore Fund Engaged in Lending and Underwriting Business in the United States On January 2, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released a Chief Counsel Advice memorandum (the “CCA”) that... Load More
January 16, 2015 Client Update Chair White Statement Regarding Controversial Staff Decisions on Proxy Access Proposals Causes SEC Staff to Express No Views on 14a-8(i)(9) During Proxy Season The SEC has issued a statement, which, although no mention of the proxy access proposals is specifically made, addresses t...
January 15, 2015 Client Update Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds Under the HSR Act and For the Prohibition of Interlocking Directorates - January 2015 The memorandum addresses today’s announced changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thre...
January 14, 2015 Client Update SEC Announces Its Examination Office will Review Proxy Advisory Firm Recommendations and Disclosure The SEC announced its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) priorities for 2015, which focus on thre...
January 14, 2015 Client Update Vanguard’s View on Proxy Access Proposals Vanguard has indicated that they are in the process of adding language to their proxy voting guidelines to communicate the...
January 13, 2015 Client Update Report on SEC Comment Letter Trends Highlight Issues for 10-K Disclosure Deloitte recently published a 127-page report on SEC comment letter trends that companies may find useful as they prepare ...
January 12, 2015 Client Update CII Challenges Companies’ Own Proxy Access Proposals and SEC Staff’s Decision on Whole Foods’ Shareholder Proposal According to the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), the 2015 proxy season is off to an “explosive start” becaus...
January 9, 2015 Client Update UK Takeover Code – Post-Offer Statements and Miscellaneous Changes The UK Takeover Panel has confirmed a number of changes to the UK takeover regime in a series of Panel Statements released...
January 9, 2015 Client Update UK Takeover Code – Post-Offer Statements and Miscellaneous Changes The UK Takeover Panel has confirmed a number of changes to the UK takeover regime in a series of Panel Statements released...
January 8, 2015 Client Update IRS Internal Memorandum Concludes Offshore Fund Engaged in Lending and Underwriting Business in the United States On January 2, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released a Chief Counsel Advice memorandum (the “CCA”) that...
January 8, 2015 Client Update IRS Internal Memorandum Concludes Offshore Fund Engaged in Lending and Underwriting Business in the United States On January 2, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released a Chief Counsel Advice memorandum (the “CCA”) that...