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Capital Markets Insight: Reincorporation Considerations
Since mid-2024, the reincorporation of certain high-profile companies, both public and private, has received a great deal of media attention. Companies, including, among others, Roblox, Dropbox, The Trade Desk, Simon Property Group, Coinbase, Tesla, and Trump Media & Technology Group have opted to move their jurisdictions of incorporation. The majority of these companies moved to Nevada or Texas, both of which are sometimes viewed as being more “company friendly” than Delaware. Indeed, in July...By: Mayer Brown
Understanding the Spectrum of Permanent Capital Vehicles
Asset management vehicles, especially those regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), are frequently painted with a broad brush and described as having the same or virtually indistinguishable characteristics. For a long while, many fund vehicles, like interval funds and tender offer funds, were not popular, barely attracting any attention from mainstream asset managers. Open-end funds, especially mutual funds, and subsequently exchange traded funds, accounted for the...By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives
Alternative Capital for the Life Insurance Sector
Introduction: The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has for several years been heavily focussed on developments in the UK life sector. A significant part of the focus has taken the form of tightened regulatory expectations around funded reinsurance (FundedRe) arrangements, with potential knock-on implications for underlying bulk purchase annuities (BPAs)....By: Mayer Brown
Staff Report from the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently issued its Staff Report for fiscal year 2025, which provides information on the Office’s activities. As do prior reports, this Report provides a perspective and data on capital formation related to small and emerging businesses and exempt offerings; data related to mature and later-stage businesses; and data related to initial public offerings and small public companies....By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives
FCA Consults on Reforms to Client Categorisation and Conflicts of Interest
On 8 December 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper (CP26/36) (the CP), proposing reforms to the professional client categorisation regime and targeted simplifications to the conflicts of interest rules....By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Boards Face Continued Pressure to Pursue Spin-Offs as Investors Seek Corporate Clarity and Value Creation. M&A in the Middle East: AI, Financial Services and Energy Transition Lead the New Wave....By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Start the New Year Right
Most of us have a process for closing out the old year and starting the new one. It’s natural to turn the page when starting a new year because it matches our biorhythms. Originally Published in The Daily Record - January 8, 2026....By: Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
Sector Spotlights
M&A in the AI Era: What Buyers Can Do to Confirm and Protect Value. Don’t Believe the Hype: Government Regulation of AI Continues to Advance. Structured Finance Is Playing a Key Role as the Capital Demands of Data Center and Power Build-Outs Balloon....By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
2026 Healthcare Private Equity Outlook & Trends
As we step into 2026, the healthcare private equity landscape is defined by both powerful momentum and meaningful constraints. Record levels of dry powder and a growing pipeline of high‑quality assets suggest increased deal activity, while stabilizing macroeconomic conditions and the potential for interest‑rate relief offer real tailwinds....By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
2026 Insights
As the new year begins, we’re excited to share our 2026 Insights. This issue is packed with analysis and forward-looking commentary on some of the key topics we see shaping the global business landscape....By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Credit Conditions - Q1 2026
Welcome to this edition of Credit Conditions, a quarterly publication from McDermott Will & Schulte that analyzes recent debt market trends. End-of-year dealmaking accelerated across M&A, private equity (PE), and credit markets, even as Federal Reserve (Fed) uncertainty, tariffs, and shifting regulations pulled markets in competing directions....By: McDermott Will & Schulte
No shortcuts online: SFC cracks down on suitability failures
On 6 January 2026, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) reprimanded and fined Saxo Capital Markets HK Limited (SCMHK) HK$4 million fine for failures in relation to the distribution of virtual asset-related products on its online trading platform....By: Hogan Lovells
Mining & metals 2026: Adapting to a policy-driven business cycle
In 2025, geopolitics drove events and investment in the mining & metals sector. The unprecedented degree of uncertainty, led by rapidly changing policies in the US and China, shifted markets into a deal cycle driven by politics instead of prices and supply/demand expectations. Trade flows and prices were similarly affected by pressure to stockpile as much supply as possible in the United States through the summer....By: White & Case LLP
Use of State-Regulated Entities to Custody Assets: Will SEC Expand Playlist?
Just before the October federal government shutdown, the SEC staff issued a no-action letter providing some clarity as to when a state-regulated banking or trust institution can serve as a “qualified custodian” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or a permissible custodian under the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to digital assets that are subject to the custody provisions of those acts (crypto assets). The no-action letter provides needed clarity as to the use of these...By: Carlton Fields
Board minutes under the microscope: Evidentiary value, privilege pitfalls and post-crisis reconstruction
Board minutes are often treated as routine corporate housekeeping—prepared after the fact, approved quickly and filed away. Yet in litigation, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations, minutes frequently become one of the most scrutinized documents in the record. Courts rely on them to assess what directors knew, when they knew it and how they exercised their fiduciary duties....By: Kennedys
US-Venezuela Oil Reset: Sanctions, State-Directed Crude Sales, and What Comes Next for the Industry
On January 7, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a significant shift in the U.S. government’s approach to Venezuela’s oil sector, pairing targeted sanctions relief with a U.S.-directed framework for the marketing and sale of Venezuelan crude oil and petroleum products. This announcement follows the January 3 apprehension of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. authorities. See our previous advisory for a summary of these earlier developments from a sanctions perspective. No public changes to U.S....By: Troutman Pepper Locke
CBP Moving to Fully Electronic Refunds: What Importers Need to Know Now
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an interim final rule (the Rule) that will fundamentally change how customs refunds are paid. Effective February 6, 2026, CBP will, with limited exceptions, stop issuing paper refund checks and instead pay all refunds electronically via Automated Clearing House (ACH). The Rule implements federal law requiring electronic federal payments and aligns with Executive Order 14247, which requires that all federal payments and collections move away...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
Nasdaq’s 23/5 Trading Proposal: What Issuers Should Expect
Nasdaq has formally advanced its plan to extend U.S. equities trading to nearly 24 hours a day. On December 15, 2025, Nasdaq filed SR-NASDAQ-2025-106 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce a new “Night Session,” allowing trading for 23 hours per weekday while reserving a one-hour pause for maintenance and corporate-action processing. For issuers, this marks the beginning of the Exchange Act § 19(b) review process....By: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
NAIC Fall Meeting Lineup: Key Acts to Watch
At the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall National Meeting, new updates and activities from various NAIC groups stepped up to the main stage. Here are the headliners for life insurance and annuities companies:...By: Carlton Fields
FDIC Issues Proposal to Implement GENIUS Act
The proposal outlines the application process and the factors that the FDIC will consider in granting approval for an entity to issue payment stablecoins....By: Latham & Watkins LLP
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