In 2024, despite political and regulatory challenges, Europe's talent pool reached new heights, even amid funding shortages. Venture capital investment in European startups reached over $52B last year, aligning with the...more
About the Orrick Legal Ninja Series – OLNS In substantially all of the major world markets, we have dedicated technology lawyers who support young German technology companies on their growth trajectory through all stages. As...more
Orrick’s Tech Exit Series suggests tips for tech companies looking toward an exit. Our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team writes instalments in the series with contributions from specialists across our broader...more
Orrick's Tech Exit Series suggests tips for tech companies looking towards an exit. Our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team writes instalments in the series with contributions from specialists across our broader...more
Orrick's Exit Series follows on from the successful Founder Series and offers monthly top tips for companies looking towards an exit. The Series is written by members of our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team...more
Orrick's Tech Exit Series suggests top tips for tech companies looking towards an exit. Our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team writes instalments in the series with contributions from specialists across our...more
Foreword -
Despite a shift to economic headwinds, investors injected more than $95B into the European tech market in 2022, the second-largest amount ever. To see how deal terms changed, Orrick developed new technologies and...more
3/10/2023
/ Big Data ,
Capital Raising ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Debt Financing ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
EU ,
FinTech ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Life Sciences ,
Popular ,
SaaS ,
Startups ,
Venture Capital
On 26 March 2020, the FCA, FRC and PRA released a joint statement setting out actions to ensure a continuity of information flow to investors and to support the continued function of the UK's capital markets during the...more
The recent Privy Council decision in Staray Capital Ltd v Cha [2017] UKPC 43 confirmed that a company's constitution can be validly amended in a manner which is intended to adversely affect a minority shareholder, including...more
From 3 January 2018 all legal entities (no matter where they are based or incorporated) involved in buying, selling or issuing financial instruments on EU regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities or organised...more
10/24/2017
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European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
International Organization for Standardization ,
Legal Entity Identifiers ,
London Stock Exchange ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Stock Exchange ,
Trading Platforms ,
UK
On 15 September 2014, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel issued Consultation Paper PCP 2014/2 (the “Consultation”). The Consultation suggested various changes to the Takeover Code (the “Code”) to deal with the treatment...more
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill has completed its third reading in the House of Commons. It will now proceed to debate in the House of Lords.
What’s changing?
For companies and business...more