By: Rebecca G. DiStefano and Jeffrey S. Kahn , Greenbert Traurig, P.A. This market trends article covers employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), which are a combination of a tax-qualified retirement plan and a corporate finance tool, and addresses recent...

By: Stuart H. Gelfond and Burcin Eren. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (NYSE) HAS SPECIFIC requirements applicable to listed companies to receive shareholder approval in connection with certain transactions, including issuing equity and convertible securities...

By: Matthew Merkle , Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. ON JULY 3, 2016, THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) WILL EXTEND its new market abuse regime (MAD II) 2 to the previously unregulated Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange (GEM) and the EuroMTF...

By: Paul M. Rodel , Nicholas P. Pellicani , and Joel D. Salomon, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP This article examines market trends in reverse mergers by addressing recent notable transactions, deal structure and process, deal terms, disclosure trends...

By: Mark S. Bergman , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Introduction This article discusses the joint Public Statement 1 issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, SEC Division of Corporation...