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The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany (the “P5+1”), announced on January 20 that they are beginning to implement the November 24, 2013 Joint Plan ...
This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2013 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous years, we discuss both disclosure developments as well as conti...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) today published a notice to revise the premerger notification thresholds for mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improv...
On January 14, 2014, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Gerber of the Southern District of New York issued a decision with potential implications for the interpretation of Section 546(e) of ...
The Basel Committee recently finalized its revisions to the Basel III leverage ratio. Compared to its June 2013 proposal, the Basel Committee has made several important changes to the den...
To get a perspective on corporate governance challenges at public companies, we turn to a true expert, Bob Lamm. Until March 2013, Bob was Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretar...
Amid the recent uptick in U.S. IPO transactions to levels not seen since the heady days of 1999 and 2000, Davis Polk’s pipeline of deals remains robust, leading us to believe that stren...
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) yesterday released temporary regulations (the “Temporary Regulations”) incorporating and expanding upon the ru...
This week ISS posted a number of updated documents on their policies, including a revised set of summary guidelines and concise guidelines (hint: the summary guidelines are more useful an...