U.S. Export Laws and Related Trade Sanctions
Editor’s Note: Stanley Keller is a partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP. This post is based on an Edwards Wildman guidance note. I. Export Laws at a Glance Most U.S. companies are aware at least...
View ArticlePersonal Jurisdiction Over Non-U.S. Financial Institutions
Editor’s Note: The following post comes to us from Michael M. Wiseman and Samuel W. Seymour, managing partners of the Financial Institutions Group and Criminal Defense and Investigations Group,...
View ArticleChecklist for Successful Acquisitions in the U.S.
Editor's Note: Adam Emmerich is a partner in the corporate department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions and securities law matters. This post is based...
View ArticleSEC Responds to Rule 15a-6 and Foreign Broker-Dealer FAQs
Editor’s Note: Russell Sacks is a partner at Shearman & Sterling in the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group, and is based on a Shearman & Sterling publication. On...
View ArticleCross Border Mergers & Acquisitions: Anti-Corruption Issues
Editor’s Note: The following post comes to us from Bill Michael, partner, and co-chair of Mayer Brown LLP’s White Collar Defense & Compliance practice group, and Bill Kucera, partner in Mayer...
View ArticleRegulation of Cross-Border OTC Derivatives Activities: Finding the Middle Ground
Editor’s Note: Elisse B. Walter is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and was the Chairman of the SEC from December 2012 to April 2013. This post is based on Commissioner...
View ArticleRegulation in a Global Financial System
Editor’s Note: Mary Jo White is Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on Chair White's remarks at the Investment Company Institute (ICI) General Membership Meeting,...
View ArticleSEC Publishes Proposed Rules Regarding Cross-Border Security-Based Swap...
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Robert Buckholz, partner and co-coordinator of the Corporate and Finance Group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and is based on a Sullivan &...
View ArticleU.S. Insider Trading Enforcement Goes Global
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Michael Feldberg, partner and head of the U.S. litigation practice at Allen & Overy LLP. This post is based on an Allen & Overy memorandum;...
View ArticleCross-Border at the Crossroads: The SEC’s “Middle Ground”
Editor's Note: John Ramsay is acting director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on Mr. Ramsay's remarks at the New York City Bar...
View ArticleCFTC Issues Guidance Regarding Cross-Border Swaps
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Joshua Cohn, partner focusing on Derivatives & Structured Products at Mayer Brown LLP, and is based on a Mayer Brown legal update. The complete...
View ArticleCross-Border Schemes of Arrangement and Forum Shopping
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Jennifer Payne, Professor of Corporate Finance Law at University of Oxford. The English scheme of arrangement has existed for over a century as a...
View ArticleInternational Corporate Governance Spillovers
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Rui Albuquerque of the Department of Finance at Boston University; Miguel Ferreira, Professor of Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics;...
View ArticleCFTC Issues Cross-Border Substituted Compliance Determinations
Editor's Note: Annette Nazareth is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and a former commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The...
View ArticleToward a Global Regulatory Framework for Cross-Border OTC Derivatives Activities
Editor's Note: Michael S. Piwowar is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on Commissioner Piwowar’s remarks at the Alternative Investment Management...
View ArticleInversions—Upside for Acquisitions
Editor's Note: Daniel Wolf is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis focusing on mergers and acquisitions. The following post is based on a Kirkland memorandum by Mr. Wolf and Todd F. Maynes. With U.S....
View ArticleAn Upturn in “Inversion” Transactions
Editor's Note: Adam Emmerich is a partner in the corporate department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions and securities law matters. This post is based...
View ArticleImportant Decisions regarding Morrison and Extraterritoriality
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Lawrence Portnoy, partner in the Litigation Department at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and is based on a Davis Polk client memorandum by Michael S....
View ArticleThe Extraterritorial Effect of the EU Regulation of OTC Derivatives
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Alexandria Carr, Of Counsel with the Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement group at Mayer Brown LLP, and is based on a Mayer Brown Legal...
View ArticleDefining Dealers and Major Participants in the Cross-Border Context
Editor's Note: Luis A. Aguilar is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on Commissioner Aguilar’s remarks at a recent open meeting of the SEC; the full text,...
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