On November 12, 2020 President Trump issued a new Executive Order, “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from the Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Comp...

This deck provides our current views on the likely key areas of focus under a Biden presidency and a Republican Senate on environmental and climate change policy.  A Biden Administration ...

On 11 November 2020, the UK government published the National Security and Investment Bill, which, if enacted, will significantly reform the regulation of M&A activity in the UK by introd...

This deck describes our view of the road ahead for financial regulatory reform under a Biden Presidency and a Republican Senate.  We see most of the action coming from the regulators, not...

This week, the SEC adopted broad changes to the current framework of private offerings, including simplifying rules to permit concurrent public and private offerings and increasing the si...

The SEC Enforcement Division’s 2020 Annual Report focuses on COVID-related investigations while reporting fewer case filings, slightly more monetary relief ordered, and a record-breakin...

Last week the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve) announced changes to the terms of the Main Street Lending Program (the Program) aimed at boosting smal...

For much of 2020, estate planning clients have been focused on continuing to take advantage of the historically high federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption am...

Rules and Regulations SEC Adopts Updated Regulatory Framework for Fund of Funds Arrangements SEC Adopts Modernized Regulatory Framework for Derivatives Use by Registered Funds and Bus...

Rules and Regulations SEC Proposes to Exempt Certain “Finders” from Broker-Dealer Registration Requirements Industry Update Dalia Blass Keynote Address at the Investment Company I...