Disclosure Requirements, Registration Requirement, Corporate Governance

Current State of Play for Foreign Private Issuers

DLA Piper on 6/20/2025

As discussed in our prior blog post, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) recently issued a concept release (Release) aiming to gather input on whether the criteria for designation as a foreign private...more

SEC Issues Concept Release on the Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

Goodwin on 6/18/2025

On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a concept release (“Concept Release”) soliciting public comments on the definition of a foreign private issuer (“FPI”). FPIs are subject to disclosure...more

SEC Staff Publishes Observations on Crypto Issuer Disclosures

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/22/2025

On April 10, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) published a Statement on Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets (the Statement)....more

New SEC Guidance Eases Form S-3 Registration Process for More Public Companies

BCLP on 3/24/2025

The new registration statement guidance will make capital raises by non-WKSI companies filing on Form S-3 easier, as they can proceed with offerings during periods before their proxy statements are finalized – a privilege...more

A Summary and Early Analysis of SEC Final SPAC Rules

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/8/2024

By vote of 3 to 2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) on Jan. 24, 2024, adopted new rules and amendments (SPAC Rules) pertaining to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), with the stated...more

Yet Another Congressional Proposed Corporate Reform: Proxy Advisory Firms in the Crosshairs

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/8/2016

Over the past six months, U.S. legislators have engaged in an unusual burst of energy to introduce three separate bills regulating various areas affecting U.S. public company corporate governance...more