Securities, Shareholders, Regulatory Requirements

UK Mansion House 2025: UK government supports digitisation of UK shareholding framework

A&O Shearman on 7/31/2025

The Digitisation Taskforce has published its final report, recommending a three-step plan to modernise the UK shareholding framework by eliminating paper share certificates and transitioning to a fully digitised and...more

UK Regulatory Update Asset Management Sector - Quarterly Newsletter Q2 - 2025

Mayer Brown on 7/10/2025

FCA finalises rules for PISCES – new secondary private stock market – On 10 June 2025, the FCA issued its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange ("PISCES"). PISCES is a new type of private...more

Exchangeable Sukuk

White & Case LLP on 5/21/2025

Senior unsecured trust certificates (commonly known as sukuk) are now regularly issued in the capital markets. Most commonly, these are issued by Shari'a compliant companies to raise funds in international capital markets in...more

FCA update on PISCES and pre-application support

A&O Shearman on 4/21/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an update on the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) sandbox, following the consultation in December 2024 (CP24/29). PISCES will be a new...more

HKEx To Permit Treasury Shares

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/9/2023

查看中文 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) is proposing to permit companies listed on the exchange to hold their own shares as treasury shares and to introduce rules on companies’ resale of treasury shares. The...more

Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide for Investment Banks, Bidders and Boards, 10th edition

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP on 10/11/2023

Davies’ Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions guide draws on our substantial cross-border M&A experience to offer guidance on both the legal framework and practical aspects of Canadian mergers and acquisitions, including critical...more