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SEC’s Expanded Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Greater Flexibility To Explore and Plan Public Offerings

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced significant enhancements to the accommodations available for issuers confidentially submitting draft registration...more

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SEC’s New Disclosure Rules Impact SPACs and Target Companies

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Almost two years after the publication of proposed rules (the Proposed Rules) on March 30, 2022, the SEC has adopted final rules (the Final Rules) to enhance disclosure and expand liability in initial public offerings by...more

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US de-SPAC & SPAC data & statistics roundup - HI 2022

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US de-SPAC M&A deal value has contracted significantly during the first half of 2022, sliding from US$231.31 billion during the buoyant H1 2021 period to just US$26.29 billion for H1 2022. A wider M&A slowdown as a result of...more

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US De-SPAC & SPAC data & statistics roundup - Q1 2022

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US De-SPAC M&A Commentary - US De-SPAC M&A deal value totaled US$8.13 billion from 16 De-SPAC deals in Q1 2022. This was significantly lower than the record US$155.43 billion of De-SPAC deal value from 81 deals reported at...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Releases Proposed Rules Targeting SPACs, Shell Companies and De-SPAC Transactions

Rule proposals, if adopted, would more closely align de-SPAC mergers with traditional IPOs with respect to disclosure requirements, marketing practices, and gatekeeper obligations. Proposed Rules would significantly...more

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[Webinar] The Continuing Rise of the SPAC: Where Does It Go from Here? - December 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

The interest in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also known as blank check companies, skyrocketed in 2020 with 250+ SPAC filings. This year has already outpaced last year with 350+ SPAC filings and nearly 450...more

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SPACs: Frequently Asked Questions

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Among other things, 2020 will be remembered as a year that saw a boom in the use of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as a robust alternative to an initial public offering (IPO). A SPAC is a company formed to...more

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SEC Adopts Significant Amendments to Improve Financial Disclosures Regarding Business Acquisitions and Dispositions

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In an attempt to improve the financial information presented to investors in connection with many M&A transactions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted highly anticipated...more

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SEC Streamlines Financial Statements Requirements in Connection with M&A Transactions

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On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to streamline the financial statement disclosures that are required in connection with acquisition and disposition...more

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SEC Updates Rules for Financial Statements for M&A

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2020, adopted amendments to Regulation S-X (Reg S-X) for financial statements related to acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton stated that...more

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SEC Adopts Comprehensive Changes to “Significance” Tests and Financial Disclosure Requirements of Acquired and Disposed Businesses...

*This post has been updated as of August 4, 2020. On May 20, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally adopted amendments to financial disclosure regulations regarding the acquisition and disposition of certain...more

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Blog: SEC adopts final amendments for M&A financial statement disclosure

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Yesterday, once again without an open meeting, the SEC voted (with a dissent from Commissioner Allison Lee) to adopt amendments to the requirements for financial statements relating to acquisitions and dispositions of...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions and Dispositions

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On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Rules 3-05, 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X governing acquisitions and dispositions of...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to M&A Related Financial Disclosures

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BACKGROUND - On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed extensive amendments to the rules governing the financial disclosures that reporting companies must make regarding the acquisition and...more

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SEC Proposes to Amend Financial Disclosures Regarding M&A Transactions

The SEC has proposed rule amendments that revise required financial disclosure upon the acquisition and disposition of businesses in M&A transactions....more

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Corporate Law & Governance Update - June 2018

Executive Compensation Recoupment - The most recent development in the prominent University of Louisville Foundation controversy is the release of an independent analysis suggesting that its senior executive leadership was...more

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Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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