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2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: SPAC Year in Review and 2022 Outlook

IPOs for special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs") got off to a blistering start in 2021, with more IPOs closing in the first quarter than in all of 2020 (which had been the most active year for SPAC IPOs in history)....more

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast

TRANSACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON 2022 - What are the trends, risks, and opportunities in 2022? As dealmakers recover from a record-breaking 2021, we expect another busy year in 2022. While risks in the financing market,...more

2020 Transactions Year in Review

2020 took uncertainty to new heights. Deals came to an abrupt halt in Q2 as corporates focused on preserving cash and stabilizing their businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Private equity firms looked for...more

New Category of Debt Securities: Senior Non-Preferred Notes, European Capital Markets Update

On 20 July 2017, Belgium adopted legislation establishing senior non-preferred notes, a new category of debt securities available to banking institutions. The law provides for a new Article 389/1 into the Law of 25 April 2014...more

The Pre-Emption Group Publishes Monitoring Report, European Capital Markets Update

The Pre-Emption Group has released a monitoring report which looks at the implementation of the Statement of Principles and the template resolutions regarding disapplication published by the Group in May 2016. The Statement...more

FCA Publishes Policy Statement Setting Out Changes to the Listing Rules, European Capital Markets Update

The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a policy statement on 26 October 2017 setting out certain amendments to the Listing Rules ("LRs") and related technical notes ("Policy Statement"). The FCA...more

Negative Interest Rates: Autorité des Marchés Financiers Takes Position on Information to be Included in Bond Prospectuses,...

During the last decade, negative interest rates have raised concerns in the European debt capital markets landscape. Prospectuses often allow the issuance of debt securities for which the interest rate is linked to indexes...more

New German Money Laundering Act Establishes Additional Transparency Requirements for Certain Listed Companies, European Capital...

On 25 June 2017, the new German Money Laundering Act came into force, which primarily implements the 4th European Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (EU 2015/849) into German law. Among others, the Act establishes a new...more

Further Implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation, European Capital Markets Update

On 31 July 2017, a new law was adopted to further implement and ensure the effectiveness of Regulation 596/2014 on market abuse ("Market Abuse Regulation"). This new law amends the law of 2 August 2002 on the supervision of...more

FCA Proposes Changes to the Prospectus Rules in its Quarterly Consultation Paper

In its quarterly consultation paper (CP17/6) published on 3 March 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") proposed specific amendments to the Prospectus Rules in anticipation of the entry into force of the new...more

FCA Publishes Two Papers on the Effectiveness of UK Primary Markets

In the FCA's 2016/2017 Business Plan, one of the FCA's main priorities was to carry out a review of the structure of the United Kingdom's primary markets in order to ensure that they continue to serve the needs of both...more

FCA Announces Review on Availability of Information Before IPO

May 2017 On 1 March 2017, the FCA published a consultation paper proposing a number of policies aimed at improving the information made available to investors during the initial public offering ("IPO") process. The paper also...more

Shareholder Rights Directive: Parliament Resolution at First Reading to Adopt Directive

On 14 March 2017, the European Parliament resolved to adopt the Commission's proposal to amend the Shareholder Rights Directive. The amendments approved by Parliament include...more

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