Shareholders, Regulatory Agenda, Regulatory Reform

SEC Announces Topics for Future Rule Proposals to Ease Disclosure Requirements and Simplify Capital Raising

BCLP on 9/10/2025

On September 4, 2025, the SEC released its Spring 2025 Reg. Flex Agenda, which sets forth, among other things, “deregulatory rule proposals” relating to public company disclosure rules and requirements for private company...more

The SEC’s Executive Pay Disclosure Roundtable: Agenda Announced

Cooley LLP on 6/16/2025

As I blogged last month, the SEC is holding a half-day roundtable on Thursday, June 26th to consider whether the SEC’s executive pay disclosure requirements need updating. At the time, the public was invited to submit...more

Is There a Simplification of the SEC’s Executive Compensation Rules in the Works?

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 5/16/2025

The SEC announced today that it will host a roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The roundtable’s agenda and speakers will be disclosed at a later date....more

Reading the Tea Leaves on Registration and Disclosure Requirements

Cohen & Gresser LLP on 3/13/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the current Trump administration has swiftly adopted a new agenda. Some of the first initiatives dealt with shareholder engagement and shareholder proposals. These...more

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Implements Reforms to Relax IPO "Double Dipping" Restrictions

Jones Day on 12/13/2023

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("HKEx") introduced a new exemption allowing existing shareholders and cornerstone investors to subscribe for or purchase further securities in an IPO (i.e., to "double dip") under...more

Legal Reform: Ability to hold Shareholders’/Partners’ Meetings and Board of Directors’ Meetings remotely through electronic means

White & Case LLP on 10/27/2023

On October 20, 2023, a decree was published to reform and add several provisions of the General Law on Commercial Entities (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles) (the "Law") to allow the use of electronic means for the...more