Yesterday, the SEC issued a proposal that would amend Rule 163 of the Securities Act to allow underwriters or dealers, acting on behalf of well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs), to offer se...
WHILE THE PUNDITS are declaring that the recession is over and the financial crisis has been abated, part of the aftermath is the continuing demand for corporate governance reforms by Con...
The U.S. IPO market, which has been in the doldrums since 2007, has recently been showing signs of life. We have recently completed several large transactions, and our pipeline of deals i...
A company that has been subject to SEC reporting obligations for fewer than three years, that has less than $150 million in public float, or that is affiliated with a broker-dealer, gener...
In August 2006, the SEC published its final release to completely overhaul the rules and regulations for executive compensation disclosure, which was met with intense debate and focus. Al...
After a year of proposed rulemaking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized the first amendments to its reserves and other reporting requirements for the oil a...
Due to continuing equity market turmoil, many companies are at risk of losing the ability to issue securities off of an automatic shelf registration statement. When a company files its an...
In the last several years, there have been a number of situations where issuers have failed to file reports with the SEC on a timely basis and bondholders alleged that such failure violat...
While the current economic slowdown and credit crunch have limited refinancing options for companies that have previously issued debt securities, the recent decline in secondary market pr...
As has been widely discussed in the financial press, on July 28, 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the Treasury Department’s support for covered bonds as “a promising f...
