In this midyear update, we cover a number of significant corporate governance developments that have taken place over the first half of the year and since our Corporate Governance 2023 Year-End Review....more
The long-awaited EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D or CSDDD) was adopted May 24, 2024, by decision of the European Council, following approval by the European Parliament one month earlier....more
Le Corporate Transparency Act obligeant des entités américaines ou étrangères à déclarer leurs bénéficiaires effectifs est entré en vigueur le 1erjanvier 2024. Voici en quelques lignes les principales informations nécessaires...more
Face aux critiques récurrentes de l’opacité des entités américaines et après de multiples projets de réforme inaboutis (dont l’un proposé en 2008 par Barack Obama, alors sénateur, ou un autre ayant fait l’objet du veto du...more
On Feb. 21, 2024, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that it had adopted the NAIC Statement on Environmental, Social, and Governance Policies for the insurance sector. The 50-plus state and...more
On Tuesday, Apr. 18, Kramer Levin presented a hybrid program, “Charting a Course Through ESG Challenges: Perspectives from the U.S., the U.K. and Europe.” Moderated by Kramer Levin partner Andrew Otis, the event was...more
4/26/2023
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Greenwashing ,
Investment Management ,
Popular ,
Retirement Plan ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK
Since French trust legislation was adopted in 2011, some early uncertainties about its application have been resolved. The connections with France that trigger application of the legislation have been clarified and expanded...more
On Feb. 23, 2022, the European Commission (Commission) announced a proposed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, which would establish uniform EU-wide requirements to foster compliance with certain...more
French trust legislation has been in effect for 10 years, during which time some early uncertainties about its application have been resolved. The connections with France that trigger application of the legislation have been...more
The EU’s Green Deal, adopted in 2019, calls for achieving net zero greenhouse-gas emissions in the EU by 2050 and other very ambitious goals. Meeting them will require very significant shifts in the economy worldwide over...more
The news that A.M. Best is developing stress testing to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on insurers is a timely reminder of the various regulatory capital and reserving regimes under which such exposure could be measured. In...more
With M&A activity for life insurers or blocks of in-force business poised for a possible spike, acquirers of life businesses should consider factors that are peculiar to, or disproportionately affect, the life and annuity...more
9/9/2019
/ Annuities ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Interest Standard ,
Captive Insurance Company ,
Collateral ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Insurance ,
NYDFS ,
Private Funds ,
Property Casualty Policies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reinsurance ,
Variable Annuities
On Dec. 18, 2018, the Trump Administration signed a bilateral agreement on prudential insurance matters between the United States and the United Kingdom (the U.S.-U.K. Covered Agreement)....more
1/3/2019
/ Consumer Insurance Products ,
Covered Agreement ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Prompt Payment ,
Prudential Standards ,
Reciprocity Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reinsurance ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
US-EU Covered Agreement
Jean-Pierre Mattout - La révocation du président pour différend stratégique avec l’actionnaire majoritaire, in Revue des sociétés avril 2017 -
Gilles Kolifrath, Jérôme Blanchet, Mélanie Goupy & Galina Petrova -...more
5/8/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Crowdfunding ,
Equal Pay ,
Expert Witness ,
France ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Leveraged Lending ,
New Legislation ,
OPT ,
Political Speech ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Trump Administration
Banque & Finance –
Hubert de Vauplane - Rapport Terra Nova : Les conflits d'intérêts, nouvelle frontière de la démocratie de février 2017 -
Hubert De Vauplane a été auditionné le 20/03/15 dans le cadre de la...more
3/2/2017
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Banks ,
BSA/AML ,
Competition ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Credit ,
Debt ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Institutions ,
France ,
Overpayment ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Terrorism Funding ,
Transparency ,
UK Brexit
Private Fund Advisers, Robo-Advisers, ETFs Among SEC, FINRA Exam Priorities for 2017 -
As the new year begins, U.S. regulators highlighted the areas – some new and some familiar – which will be the focus of their...more
2/2/2017
/ Bail-In Provisions ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Banks ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
ETFs ,
EU ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
NYDFS ,
Private Funds ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
This month’s issue of Debt Dialogue address handover of records to a substitute collateral manager (in the Tilton litigation), the EU bail-in rules, the interplay of Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act and rights of...more
1/27/2017
/ Bail-In Provisions ,
Books & Records ,
Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
Contract Formation ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Debt ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Junior Lenders ,
Meeting of the Minds ,
No-Action Clauses ,
Risk Retention ,
Senior Indenture ,
Senior Lenders ,
Successor Liability ,
Syndicated Loans