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Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Provides Updated Guidance Reducing Burden for Rule 506(c) Verification Requirement

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On March 12, 2025, the Staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) provided guidance in response to a letter requesting interpretive guidance (the No-Action Letter) to clarify the verification requirement of...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Settlement Highlights Risks for 13G Filers When Moving from Passive to Active Status

The SEC’s recent enforcement settlement involving a fund manager highlights the SEC’s focus on an investor’s “control purpose” triggering the requirement to file on a Schedule 13D as opposed to a short-form 13G. At issue was...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Needs of Strategics, PE Firms and SPACs Led to Record US M&A Levels, Likely To Sustain Dealmaking in 2022

Takeaways - The record level of M&A in 2021 was widely dispersed across industries and was driven by the strategic needs of companies to add technology and adapt to the pandemic, and was supported by strong markets. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Capital Markets Attorneys Speak Out After Releasing Joint Statement Alongside Over 60 Leading Law Firms - Capital Markets...

On August 19, hedge fund magnate Bill Ackman released a letter to shareholders announcing plans to potentially unwind the SPAC he launched last year, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. (Tontine), in response to a...more

A&O Shearman

What to Expect from the Biden Administration

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The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States has set in motion a number of significant policy changes. In this panel discussion, our U.S. legal and policy specialists shared their insights on what our...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Interpretation Of SPAC: A Hot Choice For Listing And Financing Mergers And Acquisitions In The United States

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2020 is drawing to a close, but the heat of the SPAC, which will be hot starting in 2019, has not diminished at all. More and more private equity funds, financial institutions and other investors are setting up SPAC. The...more

Opportune LLP

Scrutiny Increasing On Energy Private Equity Valuation

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The valuation of private equity investments has recently garnered greater marketplace attention, and the SEC is updating its guidance on these valuations for the first time in 50 years. Managing Director Paul Legoudes and...more

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