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Russian authorities reconsider their approach to increasing the charter capital of financially unstable companies

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • September 24 2012

Until recently, Russian authorities mandated that financially unstable joint stock companies (JSCs) which are required to decrease their charter capital or be liquidated under Russian law, may not subsequently increase their charter capital

The German implementing act for the AIFM Directive: a critical survey of the draft bill

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • August 16 2012

The German Ministry of Finance (BMF) on 20 July 2012 published the draft of a bill (Draft AIFM-Act) to implement the Directive 201161EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMD) into German law

JOBS Act implications for private equity

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

The recently enacted Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the “JOBS Act,” will change the way private funds solicit and secure subscription commitments from investors and raise capital for portfolio companies by permitting general solicitation and general advertising in Regulation D private placements (offerings to accredited investors) and in Rule 144A offerings (offerings to qualified institutional buyers

U.S. JOBS Act remakes the standards for offerings of hedge funds and private equity funds

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2012

President Obama on April 5, 2012 signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act” or “Act”

JOBS Act becoming law

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2012

The JOBS Act reduces for companies with annual revenues of less than $1 billion the requirements for IPOs and eases the post-IPO regulatory burden for up to five years

Self-managed alternative investment funds: a new AIFM-compliant structure?

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 22 2012

As part of the European Commission’s efforts to reform the European financial regulatory environment in the wake of the financial crisis, on 11 November 2011, the European Parliament voted to adopt the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”

ESMA discussion paper on key concepts of the AIFM Directive

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 14 2012

On 23 February 2012, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a discussion paper on key concepts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (201161EC) (the “AIFM Directive”) and types of alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”

CFTC changes rules affecting public and private funds

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on February 9, 2012 adopted final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as amended (CEA) that modify and eliminate certain CFTC registration exclusions and exemptions widely used by sponsors of investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (1940 Act) (mutual funds) and private investment funds

Updated Russian Foreign Strategic Investments Law: a step forward on the way to liberalization or a decorative dash?

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • February 14 2012

At the Berlin forum of German business leaders held in November 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared that the clearance procedure for foreign investments in Russian strategic sectors would be simplified in the near future

Pre-public funding of portfolio companies: lessons from Facebook

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2011

Recent developments relating to Facebook and its efforts to raise capital privately, while avoiding triggering a requirement to become a SEC public reporting company, have piqued the interest of some private equity funds

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