From Distance Meetings to Diversity Reports: 2020 Updates for NY State Businesses
1. Types of Business Entities - Italian law provides multiple forms of organizational structures to do business in Italy. They differ from one another due to the extent of liability undertaken by its members. In...more
Em continuidade ao Alerta divulgado em 5 de junho de 2024, lembramos que as novas regras de participação e votação a distância em assembleias de acionistas, introduzidas pela Resolução CVM 204, que altera a Resolução CVM 81,...more
Advanced planning for an early stage equity financing can significantly smooth the path for startups, helping to identify opportunities and avoid setbacks. A critical part of the process is the investor’s legal due diligence....more
Who makes the voting decision at a particular investor can vary. For the larger investors, they tend to have stewardship teams who vote and handle engagements – and that is straightforward. Sometimes stewardship teams are...more
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice represents a rare victory for activists in overturning a target board’s proposed timing for setting a requisitioned meeting. While Canada is generally viewed as an...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules and amendments (the Proposed Rules) to enhance disclosure and expand liability in initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs)...more
1. Types of Business Entities - 1.1 Premises - The Italian law provides multiple forms of organizational structures in order to do business in Italy, which differ from one another due to the extent of the liability...more
Forty-eight Japanese companies received shareholder proposals in the June 2021 general meetings (162 proposals in total). This represents a modest decrease compared to last year, when 55 companies received shareholder...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted U.S. public companies in myriad ways. The fact that the traditional proxy season — the period from April through June when a substantial number of public companies hold their annual meetings...more
COVID-19 RELATED REGULATORY UPDATES - SEC Emphasizes the Importance of Delivering Timely and Material Information to Investment Company Investors...more
On 15 March 2019, the Second Session of the 13th National People’s Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China to go into effect on 1 January 2020. With it, China’s legal framework...more
Preparation, two-way communication, targeted proactive engagement and choosing the right director for the job are the keys to a successful engagement strategy, say Latham & Watkins partners Mark Gerstein and Steve Stokdyk in...more