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NYSE Temporarily Relaxes Shareholder Approval Rules

Recognizing that many companies may have urgent liquidity needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Stock Exchange has waived, through June 30, 2020, certain...

15 April 2020

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

United Kingdom Blocks Merger Following US Clearance

In a move affirming its aggressive enforcement agenda, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) yesterday blocked the proposed merger of two US companies, Sabre Corporation and Farelogix Inc, which...

13 April 2020

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

The New Paradigm

With the adoption this week of The UK Stewardship Code 2020, to accompany The UK Corporate Governance Code 2018, the UK Financial Reporting Council has promulgated corporate governance, stewardship and...

26 October 2019

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Merger Control in a 'No Deal' Brexit

With the UK’s planned exit from the European Union on March 29, 2019 looming and the likelihood of an exit without a withdrawal agreement (a so-called 'No Deal' Brexit) increasingly...

17 January 2019

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Corporate Governance: Stakeholders

In response to the recent Green Paper and the UK Government Response, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (‘ICSA-The Governance Institute’) and the Investment Association...

1 October 2017

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Corporate Governance—the New Paradigm

This week witnessed two very significant developments in the new paradigm for corporate governance, one in the U.S. and one in the U.K. Both will have cross-border impact. Both have...

1 September 2017

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

British Prosecutors Criminally Charge Global Bank and Former Top Executives

Earlier this week, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) charged Barclays, its former CEO, and three other former top executives with criminal fraud. The prosecution stems from a long-running...

23 June 2017

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

US Court of Appeals Issues Important Decision for Bond Market

In a well-reasoned decision, the Second Circuit yesterday resolved an issue that has caused significant uncertainty for out-of-court debt restructurings and, as a result, for the corporate debt market as...

19 January 2017

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Cross-Border M&A – 2017 Checklist for Successful Acquisitions in the United States

Global M&A volume in 2016 continued to be robust, reaching $3.7 trillion, approximately 40% of which involved cross-border deals, as compared to one-third in 2015. Five out of the ten...

4 January 2017

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code and The New Paradigm

The new Dutch Corporate Governance Code, issued December 8, 2016, provides an interesting analog to The New Paradigm, A Roadmap for an Implicit Corporate Governance Partnership Between Corporations...

14 December 2016

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

NYSE Temporarily Relaxes Shareholder Approval Rules

United Kingdom Blocks Merger Following US Clearance

The New Paradigm

Merger Control in a 'No Deal' Brexit

Corporate Governance: Stakeholders

Corporate Governance—the New Paradigm

British Prosecutors Criminally Charge Global Bank and Former Top Executives

US Court of Appeals Issues Important Decision for Bond Market

Cross-Border M&A – 2017 Checklist for Successful Acquisitions in the United States

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code and The New Paradigm

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