Since the early 1990s, the U.S. stock exchanges have long been home to many prominent Chinese companies as they tried to attract a wide spectrum of investors and enhance their global profile. Over the past decade, waves of...more
8/26/2024
/ Break-Up Fee ,
Buyouts ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Private Equity ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
Target Company
On August 8, 2024, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) submitted a proposal to amend its rules regarding penny stocks (i.e., stocks trading below a $1.00 minimum bid price) to make it easier for Nasdaq to delist them....more
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) played a critical role in U.S. capital market growth in 2020. There were 248 SPACs launched, raising an aggregate of $83 billion in proceeds. The beginning of 2021 witnessed an...more
3/4/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Asia ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
D&O Insurance ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
PIPEs ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Right of Redemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
Shell Corporations ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Trust Accounting
2020 is drawing to a close, but the heat of the SPAC, which will be hot starting in 2019, has not diminished at all. More and more private equity funds, financial institutions and other investors are setting up SPAC. The...more
On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by unanimous vote, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA” or “Act”). Following enactment, foreign issuers, especially Chinese issuers, and their...more
Since the early 1990s, the U.S. stock exchanges have long been home to many prominent Chinese companies as they tried to attract a wide spectrum of investors and enhance their global profile. However, waves of the reverse...more
8/24/2020
/ Cayman Islands ,
China ,
Due Diligence ,
Fairness Standard ,
Financial Adviser ,
Financing ,
Global Market ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Majority Shareholders ,
Nasdaq ,
Parental Consortium ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Special Committees ,
Stock Exchange