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Bennett Jones LLP

Family Offices Driving Change in Private Equity: Key Trends and Investment Structures

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In recent years, family offices have evolved from indirect, secondary and/or background investors into highly active and influential players in the private equity space. In 2025, this shift is no longer a trend, it is a...more

Mogin Law LLP

Paramount–Skydance Merger Advances Amid Political Intrigue

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The media industry is on the precipice of another landmark deal as Paramount Global and Skydance Media inch closer toward their highly anticipated merger. This deal, which would unite one of Hollywood’s most storied studios...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

A New Chapter for the SEC: A Philosophical Shift on Shareholder Engagement, Shareholder Proposals, and ESG

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Only a short time has elapsed since President Trump named Mark T. Uyeda as Acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 21, 2025. Already, however, the regulatory climate has shifted significantly...more

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The Future of ESG: Navigating a Fragmented Landscape 

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In today’s polarized and politically charged climate, few topics spark as much debate as ESG. Once a niche concern limited to green investors and idealistic board members, ESG has evolved into a mainstream business priority....more

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Saks Global Announces Vendor Payments to Begin in July, Plus Store Closings in the United States and Canada

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On February 14, the newly formed Saks Global announced its plan to pay vendors past due balances in 12 monthly installments beginning in July....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Executive Compensation Under the New Administration

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President-elect Donald Trump’s impending return to power on January 20, 2025, has created uncertainty and challenges for proxy advisory firms, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, which provide voting recommendations to investors on...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Foreign Institutional Investors Await Italian Government Action on Corporate Governance Reforms

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On March 27, 2024, the Italian legislature enacted reforms to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and improve corporate governance following guidelines issued by former Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

No Rest for the Weary: Three Trends to Watch in Shareholder Activism This Fall

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Fall is fast approaching, so most major US public companies have held their 2024 annual meetings. But, while temperatures are sure to cool in the coming months, the same can no longer be said for the shareholder activism...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Artificial Intelligence: Is the Health Care Sector Ready for the Rollout?

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On July 17, 2024, Foley & Lardner LLP hosted the Boston Health Care AI & Technology Investor Summit with Endeavor Venture Funds, bringing together hundreds of attendees in person and virtually to discuss issues surrounding...more

Morgan Lewis

ESG Investment: The Middle Eastern and African Regulatory Perspective Part 2

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Across the continent of Africa, a new investment trend is taking root: environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. Africa is experiencing a surge in interest in sustainable and responsible investment practices....more

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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2024

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2024. Global Market Update -...more

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A New Sustainable Investment Framework for the EU? ESMA’s Latest Opinion

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Those who have had to navigate and consider the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) have faced its challenges and noted its deficiencies. Specifically, these have included data gaps, the SFDR’s use as a...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Oversight of climate disclosures: SEC stay doesn’t mean stop

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Despite the sense of relief that many companies initially felt with the SEC’s stay of its climate disclosure rules, the pause is unlikely to temper the forces demanding climate disclosures by other means. In the latest paper...more

Opportune LLP

Asset-Backed Security Guide for Oil and Gas Financing

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Leveraging oil and gas assets for capital has become a strategic imperative for independent producers grappling with limited traditional financing options and economic volatility. Asset-backed securities (ABS) in the oil and...more

White & Case LLP

Resilience and reform: Hong Kong adapts to change

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Global IPO markets endured a difficult 2023 in the face of rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty. But after a challenging 12 months, the outlook for IPO activity in 2024 is brightening This past year has been one...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Adopts Scaled-Back Version of Its Proposed Climate Risk Rules

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Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams examine the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on what kinds of climate-related risks companies need to disclose to investors....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG Insights: 10 Things That Should Be Top of Mind 2024

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Amid new regulations, increased enforcement and litigation, and higher stakeholder scrutiny, companies will need to adopt an integrated and nuanced approach to ESG. In some ways, 2023 was a challenging year for ESG. This...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Markets Promptly See Effect of New SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2023, prior to the trading session, VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC) issued a press release disclosing that the company was investigating unauthorized activity on its computer systems – and that the intrusion had encrypted...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

SEC Rulemaking 2023 - An Overview

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In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its trend of recent years of robust and significant rulemaking that affects the range of players in the securities industry — public companies, broker-dealers,...more

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Japan 2023 Proxy Season

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The Number of Shareholder Proposals Made by Activist Shareholders, Votes Against Management Proposals and Listed Companies Facing Shareholder Proposals Each Continue to Trend Upward in Japan - During the June 2023 annual...more

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ESG Reporting for Private Companies

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As we have noted in our previous report, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention from a variety of stakeholders, resulting in increased reporting by many companies. While much of...more

Perkins Coie

A New National Security Frontier: Executive Order and Coming Regulations Restricting US Technology Investments in China

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President Biden issued a long-awaited executive order, “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern” (the Executive Order or E.O.), on August 9, 2023,...more

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China Issues New Policy to Boost Private Economy

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On July 19th, 2023, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council jointly released a detailed policy entitled “Opinions on Promoting the Development and Growth of the Private Economy” (the...more

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ESG in 2023: A Mid-Year Review

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As predicted in our February 1, 2023, client alert, “ESG in 2022 and Predictions for 2023,” a global economic slowdown and ongoing backlash in the U.S. have slowed the momentum of some aspects of the environmental, social and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

International News: Spotlight on ESG, Impact & Sustainability

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ESG is understood to be an acronym for “environmental, social and governance,” but the term can be challenging because it’s used to describe similar but distinct communities of practice, including corporate social...more

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