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Recent developments at the SEC highlight the Commission’s focus on reducing disclosure burdens for companies and encouraging public capital formation. SEC Executive Compensation Roundtable - Executive compensation...more
On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the SEC Division of Corporate Finance announced an expansion of the accommodations that allow issuers to confidentially submit draft registration statements (DRSs) for nonpublic review. This is...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more
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
REGULATORY UPDATES - Recent SEC Leadership Changes - On January 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced the appointment of Cristina Martin Firvida as director of the Office of the Investor...more
On the heels of record-breaking enforcement in 2022, expect continued aggressive pursuit of Chair Gensler’s priorities in 2023. The SEC will continue to bring its considerable resources to bear to address ESG-related...more
The SEC recently announced that it is reopening comment periods on 11 rule proposals and one request for comment, including proposals related to SPAC projections, climate change disclosure, and cybersecurity. The reopening is...more
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On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will reopen the public comment periods for 11 rulemaking releases and one request for comment due to a technological error that resulted...more
In March 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed sweeping new rules to regulate the disclosures and liabilities associated special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The proposing release is available...more
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
On March 30, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or “Commission”), in a three-to-one vote of its commissioners divided along political lines, approved the issuance of proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”)...more
On March 30, 2022, the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved much-anticipated proposed rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”)....more
On March 30, 2022, the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved much-anticipated proposed rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). ...more
Digital assets and special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) have been two of the hottest topics in the financial world over the past few years, and, unsurprisingly, the topics overlap with increasing frequency. We have...more
On March 30, the SEC released comprehensive proposals for rule changes that would materially expand the liability regime for SPAC transactions, including by limiting the availability of a commonly used safe harbor for...more
The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) market is facing both a new set of rules and amendments to rules already in place under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Last month, the U.S....more
On March 30, the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission approved much-anticipated proposed rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies. Originally published in The Texas Lawbook, April 4,...more
Summary - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules to address the way special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are regulated. The new rules would enhance the disclosure requirements of a...more
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
On March 30, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in a three-to-one vote of its commissioners divided along political lines, approved the issuance of proposed rules regarding special purpose...more
Last week, Holland & Knight's experienced Corporate, M&A and Securities Team dove into the details of the SEC's recent rule proposal covering enhanced disclosures for SPACs and de-SPAC transactions. As detailed in the post,...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed new rules and amendments relating to initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies and to business combinations involving shell companies and...more
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In this post, Holland & Knight's Corporate, M&A and Securities Team unpacks the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent rule proposal covering enhanced disclosures for SPACs and de-SPAC transactions. Next week,...more