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On January 25, 2011, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules implementing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that require U.S. public companies to conduct separate shareholder adviso...
In a January 2010 memorandum titled “Acquisition Financing in 2010 - Trends from 2009”, we considered the state of acquisition finance in 2009 and drew some tentative conclusions abou...
In the wake of the recent purchase of AmericanWest Bank by a joint venture between a Goldman Sachs fund and Oaktree Capital, we have received numerous client inquiries regarding the diffe...
The memorandum is addressing recent changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds that trigger, under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, a prohibition pre...
Although there are no changes to Form 20-F itself this year, the economic and financial crisis has resulted in significant U.S. regulatory actions, which will affect all companies prepari...
On January 21, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its much anticipated staff study on the effectiveness of the standards of care required of broker-dealers and investme...
Although the past year has not seen a wholesale revision in the rules applicable to Form 10-Ks and proxy statements, there have been a handful of rule changes and the SEC staff has issued...
The study by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) of the funds portion of the Volcker Rule includes useful findings and recommendations on the definitions of “hedge fu...
As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “FSOC” or “Council”), has completed a study of the concentration limit imposed by Section 622 of ...