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December 2015 Follow @Paul_Hastings Integrity and Transparency of French Wholesale Energy Markets By Sylvain Bergès Collection of data making it possible for European and national authorities to implement the prohibition against insider trading transactions, market manipulation, and disclosure of inside information began on 7 October 2015. Since that date, Regulations...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Changes to AIM Rules for Investing Companies By Ronan O’Sullivan, Matthew Poxon & Sam Holdsworth With effect from the 1 January 2016, investing companies listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s junior market, will now be required to meet higher fundraising thresholds for admissions to listing. Furthermore, the time period during...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Final U.S. EPA and California Regulations to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil & Natural Gas Sector Expected in 2016 By Michael S. Balster Introduction In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed its first ever regulation to control methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector. The proposed regulation...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Implementation Day: Ready? Or Not? By Hamilton Loeb and Scott M. Flicker The certification called for by the agreement came in, detainees were released, and all the U.S. sanctions against Iran were removed. Thirty-five years ago – almost to the day – that’s how it worked. The Algiers Accord, the agreement that resolved the...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Italy 2016: The New Tax and Regulatory Frameworks for Banks By Patrizio Braccioni An overview of “bail-in”, execution of banking law reforms, tax reform and the 2016 Finance Law Preface In the past couple of years we announced and commented on many tax and regulatory reforms affecting Italy. Looking back at the past months, we can state...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Solving The Valuation Puzzle in Life Sciences Transactions: The Pros and Cons of the CVR By David Shine & Samuel Waxman Earnout provisions of all stripes have long populated the private company M&A landscape. But the public company equivalent, contingent value rights (CVRs), has been a much rarer bird. Over the past five years, in the thousands...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Some Overlooked Market Trends in China Real Estate Investment (Bilingual) By David Blumenfeld, Wayne Ma & Paul Guan As 2015 closed, many of us engaged in the time-honored ritual of looking back and making sense of things by putting them into neat little boxes. China real estate professionals were no different. While there certainly are...
January 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Delaware Court of Chancery Appears to Sound the Death Knell for Disclosure-Only Settlements in Merger Litigation By Peter M. Stone On January 22, 2016, in In re Trulia, Inc. Stockholder Litig., (“Trulia”), Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected a proposed “disclosure-only” settlement in a...
February 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings Expect Heated M&A Competition to Continue in 2016 By Douglas Freeman & Victor Chen One of the prevalent themes of the Chinese market in 2015 was the increased competition private equity (PE) firms experienced in mergers and acquisitions in the Greater China region. With corporates bidding aggressively for target companies, we saw valuations...
February 2016 Follow @Paul_Hastings 2016 Revised (Higher) Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Thresholds By J. Hart Holden The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced its 2016 jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds under the Hartâ€Scottâ€Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”). Due to an increase in gross national...
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EPA Issues Clean Power Plan to Reduce Power Plant Carbon Emissions 09 / 29 / 15 If you have any questions regarding the matters discussed in this memorandum, please contact the following attorneys or call your regular Skadden contact. Lance T. Brasher Washington, D.C. 202.371.7402 lance.brasher@skadden.com Don J. Frost, Jr. Washington,...
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Executive Compensation and Benefits The Executive Compensation and Benefits practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (“Skadden”) advises public and private companies, management, boards of directors and executives on a full range of matters relating to employee compensation plans and arrangements, including issues arising in the areas of the...
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Utilities Mergers and Acquisitions Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (“Skadden”) is recognized as a global leader among law firms involved in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. The firm ranked first in announced 2015 M&A deals by value globally and in the U.S. according to league tables published by Bloomberg....
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Antitrust and Competition Global businesses feel the growing impact of new competition laws and more sophisticated competition law enforcement around the world. Regardless of whether our clients’ critical competition issues concern developed or emerging jurisdictions — or several jurisdictions at once — Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates...
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Corporate Finance The Corporate Finance Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (“Skadden”) advises clients on the full range of public and private financings and consistently is recognized as one of the top advisers on corporate financings and related transactions. Our experience encompasses the complete spectrum of equity, debt and hybrid...
