As part of our continued support for emerging companies and investors impacted by the SVB receivership, we launched a legal resource center with additional Q&As and specific legal form documents that are freely available.
Financial Services
SVB’s collapse: Legal and Market implications in the US and Israel
March 13, 2023 Webinar
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. IL
Join Mayer Brown Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partners, Jeffrey Taft and Matthew Bisanz, and Banking & Finance partner, Meir Dominitz, together with ERM Finance and Banking partner, Amnon Epstein, for an interactive discussion on…
Silicon Valley Bank Developments – Q&A for Startups and VCs
The receivership of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10th has raised questions and concerns. A number of Mayer Brown partners have prepared this Q&A to provide some insight.
MB Microtalk: Changes to Direct Listing Rules

In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown partner, Brian Hirshberg, discusses the recent amendments to each of the NYSE and the Nasdaq direct listing rules, which are designed to increase pricing flexibility and allow direct listings to be a more viable alternative for companies going forward.
Visit our MB Microtalk page for more topics
Use of Digital Engagement Practices by Financial Market Participants
February 14, 2023 Webinar
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
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Financial market participants increasingly rely on technological tools such as predictive data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML), differential marketing and game-like features to provide financial services to customers. These tools, also referred to as Digital Engagement Practices (DEPs), are common features…
Artificial Intelligence & Financial Services Symposium
October 27, 2022 New York
8:00am – 5:30pm ET
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Our third Artificial Intelligence & Financial Services Symposium will resume on October 27, 2022. As in 2019, we will focus on the legal, contractual and regulatory aspects of using AI to deliver financial services. Topics will include:
- How Financial Institutions and Insurance Companies
Rising ESG-Related Litigation Risks for Financial Services Institutions
May 3, 2022 Webinar
12pm – 1pm EDT
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As financial institutions embark on environmental, social and governance initiatives and make ESG a fundamental component of their business models, the opportunities created are also accompanied by risk—including increasing pressure from regulators, investors and other stakeholders. Join Mayer Brown panelists where they will explore…
25 Associations Press US SEC for Longer Comment Periods, APA Compliance for Rulemakings
In an April 5, 2022 letter, 25 trade associations jointly criticized recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemakings and requested that the SEC provide longer, more appropriate comment periods (and more meaningful opportunity for comment-making) for its “ambitious” regulatory agenda.
Noting over 50 substantive areas of current SEC rulemaking efforts and that many…
Introducing Writing on the Wall: a Glossary
We are pleased to announce our latest resource, Writing on the Wall, offering explanations and definitions for over 800 securities, capital markets, derivatives, structured finance and financial services terms and phrases.
Access the glossary at www.writingonthewall.com, or wherever you see our icon, and suggest new terms to be added.
SEC Amends Requirements for Statistical Disclosures for Bank and Savings and Loan Registrants, Replacing Industry Guide 3
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, in substantially the form it had proposed, amendments to the requirements for statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants provide to investors.
The rules rescind Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies (Guide 3); codify certain Guide 3 disclosures…