On January 12, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released additional updated guidance to the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Beneficial Ownership...more
November 29, 2023 Update: In the ever-evolving world of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), there was good news from the Treasury Department today. Reporting Companies formed on or after January 1, 2024, will have...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As you may know, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is set to take effect on January 1, 2024 (“Effective Date”), impacting many privately held corporations, limited partnerships, statutory trusts,...more
As previously reported by Seyfarth, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) will become effective January 1, 2024. While there are exceptions, the CTA applies to most entities with less than 20 employees. Specifically, these...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is engaged in new litigation following the introduction of the Private Fund Adviser (PFA) Rule. Designed to bolster transparency and competition within the private funds...more
The SEC on May 3, 2023, voted to adopt certain amendments to the reporting requirements under Form PF. Of particular interest to investors, the amendments require additional disclosure by all private equity fund advisors with...more
If you use special purpose entities created by the filing of a document with a Secretary of State (or similar office under state law, Indian Tribal law, or foreign jurisdictions) or have a small company with less than 20...more
On January 1, 2021, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the "Defense Bill") was enacted into law. The Defense Bill includes the Corporate Transparency Act (the "CTA"), which creates a beneficial...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 10, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which acts as the chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), issued interim rules (“Interim Rules”)...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 13, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (the “Act”), (i) expanding the scope of transactions which the Committee of Foreign...more
The proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act released by the House of Representatives on November 2, 2017 calls into question the position long taken by government pension plans that they are exempt from the unrelated business income...more