On April 11, 2025, the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) issued seven new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”), the third update to the CDIs by the Division in the last few months.  Six new Exchange Act Forms CDIs relate to the clawbacks-related checkboxes on the cover

On March 6, 2025, for the first time since 2008, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission updated its guidance on the use of lock-up agreements in connection with Rule 145(a) transactions (i.e., certain mergers, consolidations, reclassifications of securities and acquisitions of assets). Prior to the SEC’s update, if a person entering

In Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law latest Q&A, Mayer Brown Capital Markets and Tax team provides a high-level overview of the main equity and debt markets/exchanges, and the main regulators and legislation that govern them. The Q&A also covers prospectus/main offering document requirements, together with any disclosure obligations and exemptions from the requirements to publish/deliver a

The Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance posted questions and answers regarding the confidential submission process for draft registration statements. 

The guidance provides additional clarity relating to the process applicable to companies that are not emerging growth companies and that submit draft registration statements for confidential review.  For example, the Q&As address confidential treatment

April 15, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 pm EDT

This program, hosted by PLI and chaired by Mayer Brown partner, Eddie Best, provides a comprehensive discussion of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) with a focus on key business, legal, SEC reporting and accounting developments and considerations in each phase of the SPAC’s finite, fast-paced life

The year already began with a stir—a divided SEC adopted final rules addressing the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The SEC took into account only a number of the issues raised by market participants during the comment period (see our Legal Update here). But there’s much more to come. Despite some recent

On January 24, 2024, as we previously posted, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized the rules for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Anna Pinedo, joined Yelena Dunaevsky, Senior Vice President, Transactional Insurance at Woodruff Sawyer, and founder of Women in SPACs, for a discussion.

Watch on Yelena’s podcast discussion.

February 14, 2024, PLI Webinar

3:00pm – 4:00pm ET

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In 2022, the SEC proposed significant amendments to the rules and forms addressing the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) in connection with their initial public offerings (“IPOs”) and subsequent de-SPAC transactions. The proposed amendments were quite controversial and had a chilling