Anna T. Pinedo

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Anna Pinedo is a partner in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice. She concentrates her practice on securities and derivatives. Anna represents issuers, investment banks/financial intermediaries and investors in financing transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, as well as structured notes and other hybrid and structured products.

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Consistent with the rule adopted by the New York Stock Exchange in 2018 in order to facilitate direct listings, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved a similar Nasdaq rule for the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Rule IM-5315-1.  Although prior to the effectiveness of the rule, the Nasdaq had permitted companies to undertake direct listings,…

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule amendments that are intended to modernize the offering related provisions of the Securities Act and the communications safe harbors available to business development companies (BDCs) and closed-end funds (CEFs) in order to bring these to parity with the provisions applicable to operating companies.  The Commission was required to…

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted additional amendments that are intended to simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers and investment companies.  The proposed amendments are based on the Commission Staff’s FAST Act Report.  Among other things, the amendments will:

  • Allow registrants to omit confidential information from most exhibits without filing confidential treatment requests;

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In her first speech as the SEC’s Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, Martha Miller provided an overview of the Office’s mission, as well as the Office’s priorities.  Miller noted the importance of the small businesses in the United States, and commented on access to funding.  She observed that in recent years, the amounts raised…

At the ICI Conference, Dalia Blass, Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management, provided some insights on upcoming rulemaking initiatives.  Director Blass noted that we should anticipate a proposal soon for business development company and closed-end fund offering reform, as well as recommendations for a proposal on modernizing the advertising and…

On March 28, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold its next meeting, which will be open to the public and webcast.  The agenda items for the upcoming meeting include the following:  a discussion on investor protection; a discussion of trends relating to investment research.  The Committee also is scheduled to…

At a recent Practising Law Institute conference, William Hinman, Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, commented on the application of the Commission’s principles-based disclosure requirements to areas posing complex risks, such as Brexit.  Hinman noted that, “[p]rinciples-based disclosure requirements articulate an objective and look to management to exercise judgment in…

In a recent article, Edward Knight, the global chief legal and policy officer at Nasdaq Inc., offered his own views on reforms that would contribute to greater resiliency for the US capital markets.  Knight suggests that greater retail participation in the stock markets should be encouraged.  He looks to Sweden’s investment savings accounts, which provide…

Earlier this week, Commissioner Peirce addressed a number of topics with the Council of Institutional Investors.  Commissioner Peirce noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission remains focused on refining the securities offering and disclosure regime.  She pointed to the Commission’s proposed extension of the test-the-waters provision, as well as to the amendments to Regulation A…

Global REIT IPOs decreased dramatically – down 47 percent – from 49 REIT IPOs in 2017 to 26 REIT IPOs in 2018. This decrease reflects a difficult capital-raising market, with pressures from rising interest rates and a softening real estate market in the United States, and signals changes in future REIT fundraising activities.

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