26 May, 2020 Nasdaq proposes changes to listing requirements for companies in certain emerging markets, including China By Valerie Ford Jacob Michael Levitt Pamela Marcogliese Calvin Lai Christine Laciak +2 more... Show less Responding to questions that have been raised about the disclosure in IPOs by companies principally administered in emerging markets,...
26 May, 2020 US Senate passes legislation aimed at potentially delisting Chinese companies By Valerie Ford Jacob Michael Levitt Pamela Marcogliese Calvin Lai Christine Laciak +2 more... Show less On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, the United States Senate unanimously passed a bill which potentially could result in the future delisting...
21 May, 2020 Important defense tools against activists in cross-border M&A: local regulatory authorities By Ethan Klingsberg Sebastian Fain Elizabeth Bieber Hervé Pisani Arnaud Mouton +2 more... Show less Following a five-year-long saga, the enforcement committee of French market regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) fined Elliott...
21 May, 2020 Impact of COVID-19 on the R&W insurance market By Paul Tiger Paul Humphreys Tomas Rua The impact of COVID-19 on M&A activity in global markets has predictably had knock-on effects on global R&W insurance markets with deal...
14 May, 2020 Tougher controls for foreign investment – the new normal By Aimen Mir We here at Freshfields are conscious that you are receiving a significant amount of COVID-19 related materials at present, but we wanted...
14 May, 2020 An overview for boards on the future of forum-selection clauses By Pamela Marcogliese Ethan Klingsberg Valerie Ford Jacob Meredith Kotler Scott Eisman Lauren Kaplin +3 more... Show less On March 18, 2020, the Delaware Supreme Court decided Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi[1], rejecting a challenge to the validity of federal-forum...
11 May, 2020 Balancing travelers’ right to refunds and airlines’ right to survival in the age of COVID-19 By Amna Arshad Charlie Beller Meredith Mommers Ticket refunds, normally a very clear-cut area of regulation, have become a lightning rod issue for air carriers, consumers and...
10 May, 2020 Recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision sustains another Caremark claim at the pleading stage By Meredith Kotler Pamela Marcogliese Marques Tracy After decades of routinely dismissing such claims, Vice Chancellor Laster’s recent 41-page decision in Hughes v. Hu represents the third...
08 May, 2020 NYSE and Nasdaq provide temporary relief from shareholder approval requirements for certain capital-raising transactions By Michael Levitt Andrea Basham Brian Lewis Vinita Sithapathy Alexander Canahuate +2 more... Show less Editor's note: this post has been updated on May 18, 2020 to include new rule exceptions adopted late last week by the NYSE. In...
07 May, 2020 Disclosures in the time of corona: avoiding liability under the securities laws during a global pandemic By Pamela Marcogliese Meredith Kotler Valerie Ford Jacob Elizabeth Bieber Scott Eisman Andrea Basham +3 more... Show less As issuers work to prepare their quarterly securities filings during the COVID-19 pandemic, including endeavoring to heed the SEC’s...