JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Part 42 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) addresses the contract administration and audit services for federal Government contracts. As we discussed in a prior Alert, parties buying or selling a business must consider how to properly transfer the seller’s contracts to the buyer. By: Smith Anderson

Government 172

Government Acquisitions Business 172

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Florida recently implemented amendments to its Securities and Investor Protection Act (Chapter 517), bringing significant changes to the regulatory framework governing private placements, investment advisors, and exemptions for institutional investors.

Investors 260

Investors Government Investment Securities 260

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Canadian government has proposed giving the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry the ability to direct the Competition Bureau to conduct market studies with the ability to compel production of related documents and testimony from market participants, among other amendments. By: Stikeman Elliott LLP

Government 177

Government 177

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The UK government has released its latest annual report on the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, covering the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Government 172

Government Securities Investment Acquisitions 172

JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 27, 2024

As the UK Government seeks to put sustainability at the heart of the beautiful game, in this article we consider: The Bill’s introduction to Parliament represents the culmination of several years of UK Government activity focused on increasing regulation in men’s football. By: Allen & Overy LLP

Government 172

Government 172

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 15, 2024

The Situation: The Australian government has restated its commitment to foreign investment and announced procedural reforms to Australia's foreign investment framework.

Government 172

Government Investment Economics Capital 172

JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Australian Government has commenced consultation on options to reform Australia's merger regime, including a shift to a mandatory suspensory regime. Businesses have until 19 January 2024 to respond to the consultation. By: White & Case LLP

Consulting 167

Consulting Government Mergers Business 167

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

government’s funding bills are now set to expire on March 1 or March 8, 2024. It is therefore possible once again that there will soon be a government shutdown, with important consequences for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing process and the running of the HSR waiting period. By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Government 167

Government Funds IT 167

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Australian Government (the Government) opened consultation on Australia’s proposed merger notification thresholds. The Consultation Paper proposes a notification regime that consists of four different thresholds—two based on monetary thresholds and two based on market concentration. By: K&L Gates LLP

Government 167

Government Mergers Consulting Shares 167

JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In Brief - On 10 October 2024, the Australian Government introduced a bill into Parliament for Australia to enact a mandatory and suspensory competition merger clearance regime. By: K&L Gates LLP

Government 161

Government Mergers 161

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we explore 10 important trends that will help general counsel and boards navigate the year ahead.

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Government 192

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Situation: On September 10, 2024, the UK government published the third National Security and Investment Act 2021 Annual Report ("2023/2024 Annual Report"), revealing longer processing times for foreign direct investment ("FDI") reviews, but lower rates of Phase 2 call-ins and conditions being imposed. By: Jones Day

Government 167

Government Investment Securities 167

JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 11, 2024

With increasing variation of transactions comes increasing variation of equity providers and their requests and requirements related to the governance of the investment vehicles they share with their independent sponsor partners. By: Holland & Knight LLP

Government 161

Government Portfolio Equities Shares 161

JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 23, 2024

At a meeting of business leaders and global investors in London in mid-October, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told the audience that his government would "rip up" Britain's bureaucracy in a bid to unlock the "shock and awe of investment."

Government 167

Government Investment Securities Investors 167

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

On 22 January 2024, the FRC published a revised edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code).

Government 155

Government Corporation Consulting IT 155

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 9, 2025

On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a Final Rule (Rule") that will dramatically change the landscape for the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) market for both large and small businesses.

M&A 187

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Government Mergers 187

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To address the limitations of the current temporary marketing permission regime (“TMPR”), which permits EEA funds marketed in the UK before Brexit to continue to access the UK market, the UK government introduced the overseas funds regime (“OFR”). By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Government 172

Government Funds Retail Investors 172

The New York Times: Banking

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The government has fired up investors by encouraging banks to lend more to buyers of stock and real estate, but economists say more stimulus is needed.

Government 143

Government Stock Bank Banking 143

JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 16, 2024

In a move that has long been advocated for by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian government has announced sweeping reforms to Australia's competition law merger control regime. By: K&L Gates LLP

Government 149

Government Mergers 149

JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The UK government recently issued a Call for Evidence seeking input from stakeholders regarding potential changes to how it enforces the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA), which enables the UK government to scrutinise certain investments in the United Kingdom on national security grounds.

Government 161

Government Securities Investment Consulting 161

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The UK government is considering steps to make the regime more business-friendly, while maintaining and refining essential national security protections. The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the UK’s first standalone regime for screening investments on national security grounds, has been in force for two years.

Government 172

Government Securities Investment M&A 172

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 16, 2024

In addition to the new resources allocated to the Government unit in charge of the French FDI laws, the French government adopted, on 28 December 2023, additional measures which. France is currently strengthening its foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screenings regime. By: Hogan Lovells

Government 155

Government Investment IT 155

JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Beginning January 22, 2024, federal corporations will be required to provide certain information from their registers of individuals with significant control (“ISC Registers”) to the federal government, which will then enter that information into what is to become a publicly accessible database.

Government 167

Government Corporation 167

JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 25, 2024

By: Morgan Lewis

Government 155

Government Corporation M&A Mergers 155

JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 19, 2025

Hot on the heels of the UK governments February 2025 draft "strategic steer", the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a new Mergers Charter. The Charter details principles the CMA will apply when engaging with businesses during a merger review, and what it expects from businesses in return.

Mergers 167

Mergers Government Business IT 167

CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

TD Cowen identified government contractors with the highest amount of dollars obligated in fiscal year 2023, both overall and by individual federal department.

Government 127

Government Stock 127

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In late January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released an updated operating plan in the event Congress does not pass a funding bill and the government shuts down. In a dramatic departure from prior practice, the FTC for the first time plans to also close down its premerger filing operations during such a scenario.

Mergers and Acquisitions 155

Mergers and Acquisitions Government Mergers Acquisitions 155

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 20, 2024

In our previous client alert, The Rise of the “Occasional Activist,” we discussed the increase in shareholder activism through 2022 by “occasional activists” – investors who are not funds dedicated to activist strategies or who do not regularly employ activist tactics, such as institutional investors and individuals, including company insiders.

Government 161

Government Corporation Investors Funds 161

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Introduction - The latest EY-Parthenon Deal Barometer reveals an anticipated 12% increase in corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the year 2024, with more than a third of CEOs actively planning to make an acquisition in the next 12 months. By: Onna Technologies, Inc.

Mergers and Acquisitions 200

Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers Acquisitions Government 200

JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With the passing of Bill C-56, the most recent in an ongoing series of amendments to the Competition Act have now been enacted (with more expected to follow). The Commissioner of Competition has been pushing for amendments to the Act for years, following several significant losses in front of the Competition Tribunal and Federal Court of Appeal.

Government 177

Government 177

JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 26, 2024

The Situation: Boards of directors face increasingly intense workloads, pressure to respond to developments in real time, and exposure to a higher level of legal risk than ever before. By: Jones Day

Government 172

Government 172

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 22, 2025

By: Troutman Pepper Locke

Negotiation 167

Negotiation Investors Capital Government 167

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

On Monday, Delaware State Senator Bryan Townsend introduced Senate Bill 21 which would, among other things, statutorily define "controlling stockholder" and substantially change the rules governing the "cleansing" of controlling stockholder transactions.

Corporation 167

Corporation IT Government 167

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 10, 2025

Governments introduced sweeping regulations, enforcement actions intensified and pivotal court rulings sent ripples across the crypto ecosystem. By: Polsinelli

Government 309

Government 309

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Banks would have greater autonomy when identifying MRTs but would need to tighten governance guardrails. PRA and FCA proposals to revamp bankers remuneration rules would reduce the number of in-scope material risk takers (MRTs), while enabling more MRTs to benefit from proportionality exclusions.

Consulting 167

Consulting Government Bank Banking 167

JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The New Measures introduce several key changes to the regulations governing foreign strategic investments in A-share listed companies and cross-border share swaps. The New Measures will take effect on December 2, 2024. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Investors 167

Investors Shares Investment Government 167

JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 20, 2024

The electric vehicle company Canoo went public in a de-SPAC transaction in December 2020. After its stock price fell, a stockholder in the SPAC who chose not to redeem his stock sued the SPAC board and its controller for breaching their fiduciary duties. By: Jones Day

Government 177

Government Stock IT 177