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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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Council of the European Union adopts EU Listing Act legislative package

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The Council of the European Union has adopted the Listing Act legislative package, marking the final step in the decision-making process. The package consists of: (i) a regulation amending the Prospectus Regulation, Market...more

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EU Listing Act

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On 8 October, 2024, the Council of the EU adopted the EU Listing Act, aimed at making EU public capital markets more attractive and facilitate listings on European stock exchanges. Key amendments affect the EU Prospectus...more

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Regulation Round Up - July 2024

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Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

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The New UK Listing Rules - The Most Significant Change to the UK’s Listing Regime in 40 Years

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The new reforms to the UK listing regime (Listing Rules) published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) came into force on Monday 29 July 2024, marking the most significant change to the UK’s listing regime in 40 years as...more

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New UK Listing Rules Come Into Force

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On 29 July 2024, the new UK Listing Rules came into force. The new rules institute a simpler, more flexible, disclosure-based listing regime and are designed to place London on a competitive footing with other major...more

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Final UK Listing Rules Published by the FCA

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the final Listing Rules, representing the most significant reform of the UK’s listing regime in over three decades, on 11 July 2024 following a period of extensive...more

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UK Takeover Panel Proposes Narrowing the Scope of Companies Subject to the Takeover Code

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On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more

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Snapshot: Der deutsche Übernahmemarkt 2023

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Blick auf den Markt und die bedeutendsten Transaktionen - Die Analyse öffentlicher Übernahmen im Jahr 2023 erscheint auf den ersten Blick wie eine Blaupause des Vorjahres. Die bereits 2022 festgestellten Trends bestätigten...more

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FCA Preserves Key Tool for Activists in Listing Rules Reform

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Activist shareholders had a busy 2023: The incidence of activist campaigns in Europe soared by almost 70% compared to 2022, according to data compiled by Skadden and Activistmonitor. As we described in a previous issue of The...more

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Cayman Islands Removal from the EU Anti-Money Laundering List

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The Cayman Islands is now set to be removed from the EU anti-money laundering (AML) list. This action follows the decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) monitoring group on 27 October 2023 and subsequent removal...more

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Allotment of excess rights in a rights issue

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Issuers must consult with the SGX if they need flexibility to comply with Rule 877(10) of the Mainboard Rules and Rule 814(3) of the Catalist Rules. In a recent Regulator’s Column, the SGX RegCo reminded issuers that, in...more

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UK Investment Research Review: Reforming MiFID II and Revitalising Investment Research in the UK Public Markets

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In July 2023, the Investment Research Review (the Review) commissioned by the UK government published its findings into investment research in UK capital markets. The Review made the following seven recommendations, seeking...more

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Wide-Ranging Reforms of UK Capital Markets: A Watershed Moment?

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Takeaways - Responding to a decline in the London Stock Exchange’s global market share of IPOs and other fundraising, a string of government-commissioned reports prompted proposals to reform the U.K.’s listing rules and...more

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China Securities Regulatory Commission Proposes Major Expansion of Shanghai London Stock Connect Programme

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The expansion would include Shenzhen Stock Exchange and potentially European stock exchanges, and would permit overseas issuers to raise capital in China through CDR listings. On 17 December 2021, the China Securities...more

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Listing of SPACs in Luxembourg: LuxSE’s Clarification Offers New Opportunities for Financial Market

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The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (“LuxSE”) has recently released its first set of guidelines for the listing of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) on the LuxSE’s regulated market (Bourse de Luxembourg) and Euro MTF...more

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Securities and markets regulatory news, August 2021

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SMCR for FMIs: HM Treasury consultation HM Treasury has published a consultation paper proposing a Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR or SM&CR) for financial market infrastructures (FMIs). The consultation closes...more

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2021 Forecast for UK M&A and IPOs: Delayed Gratification?

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Many commentators predicted a boom in M&A and initial public offerings (IPOs) in the U.K. in 2020, a year that proved making predictions is a risky business. As we enter 2021, however, there are good reasons to believe that...more

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UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter: Life Sciences - What's new in France? Decree of 25 August 2020 on the harmonization of...

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In the context of the pandemic, Decree No. 2020-1090 of 25 August 2020 on various measures relating to the reimbursement of health products (the “Decree”) could have been overseen as merely being a technical document.  ...more

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Skadden's 2020 Insights

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Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

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HKEx Reforms Attract High-Profile Technology and Biotech Listings

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In the past year, nearly a dozen companies have taken advantage of new rules to list on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx). On April 30, 2018, HKEx introduced a series of reforms to encourage the listing of...more

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FCA CP18/36 — The Second Brexit Onshoring Consultation

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The FCA has published a second consultation on the Brexit onshoring project. Like the first, and many other Brexit onshoring documents, it is both long and very technical. However, a number of important policy points are...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on SEC/Corporate, Broker-Dealer, Derivatives and UK/EU Developments

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SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Approves NYSE Rule to Facilitate Listing Without an IPO - On February 2, the Securities and Exchange Commissions approved a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rule change that facilitates the listing...more

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Corporate News - December 2017

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A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. ...more

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FCA Publishes Policy Statement Setting Out Changes to the Listing Rules, European Capital Markets Update

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The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a policy statement on 26 October 2017 setting out certain amendments to the Listing Rules ("LRs") and related technical notes ("Policy Statement"). The FCA...more

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Corporate News – September 2017

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A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. This month's...more

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