Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 10 Mar 2022
On Dec. 15, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) proposed Rule 240.9j-1 (the Rule), intended “to prevent fraud…
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 9 Mar 2022
On Dec. 15, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) proposed Rule 240.9j-1 (the Rule), intended “to prevent fraud…
Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 25 Jan 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed a series of potentially far-reaching changes to the regulation of the security-based swap (SBS) markets. Among other changes, the proposed rules would impose public reporting requirements for large positions of SBSs above a defined threshold. The proposal would also adopt new anti-fraud and anti-manipulation rules that could, if applied......
Jones Day | USA | 31 Aug 2021
With some exceptions, registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as a security-based swap ("SBS") dealer is required under the…
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | USA | 3 Nov 2020
On Oct. 15, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") adopted a "Final Rule"1 on a new position limits regime that covers 25 physical…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 30 Sep 2020
On September 17, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unanimously approved final rules amending the agency’s swap data reporting and…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 29 Sep 2020
On 14 September 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a final rule in the Federal Register entitled "Cross-Border…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 24 Sep 2020
On 14 September 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a final rule in the Federal Register entitled "Cross-Border…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 19 Aug 2020
The Second Circuit ruled last week in Lehman Bros. Special Fin. Inc. v. Bank of Am. Nat'l Ass'n, No. 18-1079 (2d Cir. 2020) that a Lehman Brothers…
Mills Oakley | Australia | 19 Aug 2020
For a company that is in financial difficulty, but which is still ultimately a viable going concern, a debt for equity swap can be an effective way to…