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ESG in 2024: A Midyear Review

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/29/2024

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and diverging opinions on approach, continued to dominate headlines across the globe in the first half of 2024. Companies and their stakeholders started the year navigating...more

Insights – June 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/27/2024

Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG)

J.S. Held on 2/29/2024

The extraterritorial expansion of ESG laws and policies will reach a significant turning point in 2024. Investors, government regulators, and consumers are demanding greater transparency and disclosure when it comes to a...more

APAC ESG Update | Winter Quarter 2023–24

Jones Day on 2/13/2024

The impact of ESG (environmental, social & governance) laws, regulations, and obligations has increased in recent times at an almost incomprehensible rate. This is particularly true in the Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) region. Within...more

Directors' Liabilities in Europe: a multi-jurisdiction survey on current set of rules and best practices

A&O Shearman on 12/6/2023

Directors’ duties and liabilities have always been at the forefront of corporate governance. It has become a hot topic in the wake of new regulations in the field of sustainability, which directly impact directors’...more

The Informed Board - Summer 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/7/2023

Short sellers make their money by publishing information that attacks a company in order to drive down its share price. How can a company prepare? And what should it not do in the face of a short attack? We offer some tips in...more

Insights – June 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/27/2023

This edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights looks at the latest trends in shareholder activism, the scrutiny companies are facing over their ESG disclosures and employment considerations for using AI in the workplace, among...more

The Informed Board - Winter 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/20/2023

In the current environment, tax-free spinoffs may be the best option for companies focusing their business lines, we explain in this issue of The Informed Board. Spin-offs do not depend on third parties, and they preserve...more

Directors Beware: The Climate is Changing with ESG Claims on the Rise

Dechert LLP on 2/1/2023

There is a growing trend of shareholders and other stakeholders using litigation to hold companies and their directors accountable regarding ESG issues. Shareholder activists and other stakeholders are using the courts in...more

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/14/2022

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

5 things you need to know about … trends impacting UK public markets in 2022

White & Case LLP on 1/5/2022

2021 has been an exceptional year for the London Corporate team at White & Case, with a strong performance across the practice, including White & Case advising on nearly 50 deals involving publicly listed companies in the UK...more

Examining the ABC risks as the mining & metals sector gains critical momentum

White & Case LLP on 9/21/2021

Key considerations around bribery and corruption risks, as the mining & metals sector is gaining critical momentum in the world's energy transition toward a low-carbon future. Mining & metals in a low-carbon world - The...more

Sustainability-Linked Loans on the Rise Despite COVID-19

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/30/2020

Pre-COVID-19, pressure from investors, stakeholders and regulators helped jump-start green financing. The onset of the pandemic brought a temporary chilling effect to the global economy, but because sustainability-linked...more

ESG takes center stage amid economic crisis and social unrest

White & Case LLP on 8/7/2020

Strong ESG credentials and long-term plans to improve their relationship with society and the environment are increasingly important to ensure companies’ access to capital. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters...more

What UK Authorized Firms Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/2/2020

In this episode recorded in late February, Akin Gump financial regulatory partners Helen Marshall and Ezra Zahabi, using Akin Gump’s recently published In Principle annual report as a springboard, discuss what U.K. authorized...more

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2020

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

UK Listed Companies: Key Legal Developments in 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/24/2020

The regulatory regime and disclosure requirements for listed companies in the UK will continue to evolve in 2020. Issuers and their advisers should be aware of the key legal developments that will occur during this year,...more

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