Since January 2020, over 160 fee class actions have been filed. Fee litigation is very expensive and burdensome with potential damages in the 100s of millions of dollars. Pleading standards for these cases have been in flux and have depended on what circuit court and district court the case is filed in.
This guide covers legal issues, rules and developments regarding foreign direct investment regimes across 30 jurisdictions.
This article explains the ins and outs of investment funds in Ireland.
This guide covers numerous issues relating to regulation of digital assets across 33 jurisdictions, including government attitude & definition; sales regulation; taxation; money transmission laws and anti-money laundering requirements; promotion and testing; ownership and licensing requirements; and mining.
This global initial public offering guide will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States.
This initial public offering guide will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any unpleasant surprises.
This article discusses the Financial Conduct Authority's Restricted Mass Market Investments customer journey review. The review sets out findings on firms’ compliance with new rules for promotion of high risk investments to retail clients and provides examples of good and poor practice for firms to consider.
This article covers the Swedish Parliament's adoption of a legislative act allowing for the screening of foreign direct investments (“the FDI Act”) which will make certain investments subject to mandatory notification and suspension. The FDI Act will have a significant effect on investments and M&A transactions closing on or after 1 December 2023.
This briefing provides an overview of the state of affairs of Fintech regulation in Sweden.
This article discusses the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Policy Statement PS23/13 which sets out a new regime for the approval of financial promotions made by unauthorized persons. Those authorized to carry out the new regulated activity of approving financial promotions will be permitted to approve a limited range of financial promotions.