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Convertible preferred equity certificates

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Luxembourg, USA
  • -
  • July 13 2011

Instruments may be treated as debt for foreign income tax purposes but as equity or U.S. tax purposes

Obama Administration proposes Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Act of 2009

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 16 2009

As part of its ongoing initiative to implement financial industry regulatory reform, the Obama Administration delivered proposed legislation to Capitol Hill yesterday that would require all advisers to hedge funds and other private pools of capital, including private equity and venture capital funds, to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC

How hedge funds and private equity firms can manage Foreign Corrupt Practices Act risks

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have aggressively investigated and enforced both

Proxy access rule challenge in federal court pits Delaware against institutional investors

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2011

The SEC’s proxy access rule, which would allow stockholders to have their nominees for director positions included in the company’s proxy materials, is under challenge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

New York Attorney General files new charges as Bank of America and SEC agree to $150 million settlement

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2010

On February 4, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, joined by Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, announced civil fraud charges against Bank of America, former Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis and former Chief Financial Officer Joe Price for failing to disclose material information to shareholders prior to their vote to approve the merger with Merrill Lynch

Adviser regulation under the Dodd-Frank Act: its impact on Advisers to Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Venture Capital Funds, Real Estate Funds and Other Advisers

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 21 2010

Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the far-reaching "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" (the "Dodd-Frank Act" or "Act") previously approved by the Senate on July 15, 2010, and by the House on June 25, 2010

Top up options

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2012

This article considers the intersection of the corporate law tool known as the “top up option” with the Internal Revenue Code’s section 338, which permits an election that can be favorable after certain corporate stock purchases

Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009: requiring federal registration of hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investment funds

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2009

On January 29, 2009, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced a new bill, entitled the “Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009” (HFTA), aimed at providing federal securities regulators with greater access to the inner workings of hedge funds

Financial developments in the United Arab Emirates

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • United Arab Emirates
  • -
  • February 20 2009

Yesterday, Borse Dubai, the government-owned exchange group, announced that it had signed a $2.5 billion term loan facility to refinance its $3.8 billion term loan facility used to fund investments in NASDAQ OMX Group and the London Stock Exchange

SEC proposes changes to cross-border tender offer rules

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 3 2008

On May 8, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the full text of proposed amendments to the cross-border tender offer rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

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