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With the post-election landscape still unfolding, navigating the policy and regulatory shifts underway—and assessing the potential upsides and downsides—requires boards and business leaders to be more agile, engaged, and...more
In the complex world of business transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions (M&A), purchase price adjustments are a critical concept that help ensure fairness and accuracy in the final transaction price. Purchase...more
We have gathered and examined data from AGM Notices published by FTSE 350 companies until November 2024. We have set out the approach companies have taken on a number of key aspects of their meetings, including the venues of...more
Over the last five years, auto and equipment dealers experienced a period of low inventory levels with high margins on the limited inventory they had for sale and lease. Used automotive and equipment wholesale and retail...more
This Summary does not contain all of the information that you will need to successfully complete your global IPO. You really should read this entire guide as well as the other Latham & Watkins publications referred to in this...more
On 19 July 2023, the Department for Business & Trade published draft regulations (the “Regulations”) which will introduce the new corporate reporting reforms that the Government promised with the conclusion of its Restoring...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The expanding scope of EU rules on ESG disclosures; FRC Lab launches project on...more
Accountants (or auditors in particular) are the benefactors of hindsight and get to put it to use every time they are engaged to opine on a company’s financial statements. Namely, that period from the date of the financial...more
Find out why a quality of earnings report is vital for the due diligence of M&A transactions or investing in a business....more
Gregg Laswell, Managing Director in Opportune LLP’s Complex Financial Reporting and Restructuring practices, and Allison Firestone, Director in Opportune LLP’s Restructuring practice, discuss why quality of earnings reports...more
Last week the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement addressing a variety of accounting, financial reporting and governance issues that a private operating company should consider before undertaking a...more
On October 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to certain auditor independence requirements in Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The amendments modernize the rules and "more effectively...more
Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission updated its requirements to provide financial information about acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and real estate operations, the first time that these...more
On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) amended the financial statement and other disclosure requirements that apply when public companies acquire or dispose of a business or real estate...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently adopted amendments to Regulation S-X and related rules and forms that will streamline and reduce the financial statements required to be filed in connection with...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) amending Regulation S-X and related rules and forms in a manner that directly impacts registered investment companies and...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on several issues related to digital technology and innovation, as well as proposed...more
In an effort to reduce the complexity and compliance costs of financial disclosures for significant acquisitions or dispositions of businesses, the SEC has adopted amendments to the applicable rules, reducing the scope of...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-X for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. These amendments are part of the SEC’s...more
On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted extensive changes to the financial disclosure requirements for business acquisitions and dispositions. The amendments are intended to reduce the complexity...more
When the last of the cool spring days are behind us, stay-at-home orders are lifted, and M&A activity begins to resume in earnest, the high of the seemingly unending “seller’s market” of the past few years may very likely...more
Proposed revisions to current financial statement disclosure requirements for business acquisitions and dispositions would simplify compliance while ensuring investors get the information they need....more
On May 3, 2019, the SEC issued a proposal to amend certain rules and forms relating to required financial disclosures in business combination transactions involving investment companies. First, the proposal would...more
This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In...more
On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose rule amendments with regard to financial disclosures about acquired and disposed businesses (the “Proposal”), including amendments specific to...more