Our lawyers produce a wealth of substantive, timely and practical guidance and resource materials. Subscribe to receive updates based on your interests.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have released new guidance on the criminal and civil enforcement provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices A...
Recently, the Department of Justice reaffirmed its guidance as to what it views as the proper Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) compliance procedures in the context of mergers an...
On July 5, 2012, the Code Committee of the U.K. Takeover Panel (the “Panel”) published three Public Consultation Papers (“PCPs”) setting out proposed amendments to the U.K. Takeov...
On June 20, 2012, the U.K. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable announced a package of proposals intended to curb executive pay. This follows the U.K. govern...
On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”). The JOBS Act eases the SEC-registered IPO process for “emerging growth compan...
The SEC Corporate Finance staff has issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 4 to address its concerns about financial institutions’ disparate disclosures related to their direct and in...
As a result of the various capital reforms arising out of the recent financial crisis, there has been increasing interest by non-US banks to issue contingent convertible instruments (“C...
The following slides show the effective dates for various agency rulemakings required, and statutory amendments made, by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, ena...
With the President’s signature on July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“the Act”) is law of the land. The Act marks the greatest legislative...
This survey provides an overview of the various measures and programs for the financial sector which have been adopted or announced, or are currently being discussed, by the governments o...