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New Sustainability Reporting Obligations in Mexico

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To facilitate capital flow toward investments that foster economic development by promoting environmental and social sustainability, transparency, and long-term strategies in financial and economic activity, early this year...more

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Prospectus Regime Changes in the EU and UK—A Debt Capital Markets Update

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The EU and UK prospectus regimes govern disclosure requirements for securities offered to the public and/or admitted to trading on a regulated market. Recent and forthcoming changes to these regimes have implications for...more

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Capital Markets Update – July 2025 One-Minute Reads

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CARB publishes FAQs on climate disclosure laws The California Air Resources Board (CARB) published these FAQs on SB 261 and SB 253, covering topics like reporting timelines, revenue tests and “doing business in California.”...more

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FCA publishes final rules on POATR framework and UK Listing Rules

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final policy statement (PS25/9) to implement the new Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (POATRs), which will replace the UK Prospectus Regulation....more

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UK Public Markets Monitor – Q2 2025

AIM Consultation Paper - 7 April 2025 / LSE - The London Stock Exchange (LSE) initiated a significant consultation on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The discussion paper sought feedback from market participants...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - April 2025

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In This Edition SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Developments In early March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public...more

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New SEC Chairman Paul Atkins Previews Regulatory Approach and Priorities

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On April 21, Paul Atkins was sworn in as Chairman of the SEC. He returns to the SEC from the private sector. Chairman Atkins is a securities lawyer who previously served on the SEC staff and as an SEC Commissioner from...more

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EU recommendations on ESG disclosures under the Benchmarks Regulation

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on the outcome of the 2024 Common Supervisory Action (CSA) on ESG disclosures under the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). The CSA was conducted by...more

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Senate Banking Committee Advances Nomination of Paul Atkins as SEC Chair

On March 27, 2025, the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Committee”) convened in an open session to consider the nomination of Paul Atkins as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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Resolução CVM 226 entra em vigor com modernizações do Marco Legal das Garantias

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AT A GLANCE - A Resolução CVM 226, em vigor desde 10 de março de 2025, incorpora modernizações trazidas pelo Marco Legal das Garantias, revogando a necessidade de registro da escritura de emissão de debêntures em juntas...more

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Sustainable Commercial Paper: Short-Term Paper, Long-Term Impact

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Over the past few years, we have seen growing interest in Commercial Paper (CP) programmes with a sustainable focus. Traditionally used by corporations, financial institutions, sovereigns, and other issuers for...more

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Acting SEC Chair seeks a pause in SEC climate disclosure rule litigation

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Yesterday, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda issued a statement advising that he is requesting that the Court presiding over the SEC’s climate disclosure rule litigation not “schedule the case for argument” in order to allow time...more

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Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review 2024

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2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more

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SEC Requests Oral Argument Not to Be Scheduled in the Litigation Challenging the Climate-Related Disclosures Rule

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In early March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) finalized its climate-related disclosures rule (The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors) (the “Final Rule”)....more

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SEC Outlook: Potential Updates Under Nominated Chairman Atkins

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The SEC currently has several notable rule proposals that have received public comment but have not yet been finalized. The potential direction of these proposals is likely to be influenced by the leadership of the new SEC...more

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Brazil Publishes Draft Sustainable Taxonomy Framework for Public Consultation

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The taxonomy would inform certain mandatory requirements in the jurisdiction, with particular relevance to Brazil’s capital markets and financial sector....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2024: What Foreign Private Issuers Should Keep in Mind

There have been a number of notable recent developments in SEC regulation of foreign private issuers (FPIs), including disclosure trends and rule changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2024. In...more

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[Podcast] Mintz on Air: Predictions and Practical Policies- Mandatory Metrics for NASDAQ Listed Companies

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In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Predictions and Practical Policies Podcast, ESG Co-chair Jen Rubin hosts an in-depth discussion about mandatory diversity metrics and their relevance following the Fifth Circuit’s...more

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Matters To Consider for the 2025 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Our checklist and analysis present matters for companies to consider as they conduct their 2025 annual meetings and file reports to meet upcoming regulatory, shareholder and advisory deadlines. We outline key issues to...more

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Regulatory Contagion

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Last year, I wrote a commentary entitled Contagion.  That commentary was inspired by the early days of the meltdown of the crypto currency market (long before SBF made the whole space way more notorious with a whiff of...more

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Regulation Round Up - May 2024

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Key developments in May 2024: ESG: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the sustainability disclosure requirements (“SDR”) and investments labelling regime. Among other things, the webpage has been...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Spring 2024

Artificial intelligence is not just about chatbots. Increasingly, it is used by government for enforcement, and boards need to prepare for that, just as they need to get ready for upcoming climate disclosure requirements....more

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An Update to Climate Risk Disclosures Among the SEC, CA, and the EU: Navigating Next Steps

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on disclosing climate-related risks to investors are on hold, but California and EU rules are in effect. Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams...more

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SEC Pauses Climate Disclosure Rules

On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) voluntarily issued an order staying its recently adopted climate disclosure rules  (the “Final Rules”), pending the completion of judicial review of...more

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Primarily Non-Financial Corporate Reporting: Climate Change

Version 2.0 following publication of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Climate-Related Disclosure Rules - A wave of new legislation and regulation in the U.S. and Europe has the potential to significantly...more

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