The crisis caused by COVID-19 led to a slowdown in private equity deals in the first half of the year, as activity at many companies ground to a halt due to lockdown measures across Europe.

In response to liquidity needs during the COVID-19 crisis, more and more non-investment grade issuers have turned to the secured notes market.

On February 11, 2020, Judge Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Dresser-Rand Company's motion for summary judgment in a suit to collect on a promissory note ...

On July 22, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") published an interpretive letter clarifying that providing cryptocurrency custody services to customers is a permissible...

On July 25, 2019, staff of the SEC granted its second no-action letter in the digital asset space to Pocketful of Quarters, Inc., permitting POQ to sell digital tokens recorded on the Ethereum blockchain ...

As Europe enters 2020, our leveraged finance and high yield team predict what lies ahead for the European leveraged finance market.

On July 23, 2020, the Government published a Decree no. 2020-892 (the "Decree") and a Ministerial Order (the "Ministerial Order") both of July 22, 2020 on the temporary lowering of the threshold triggering control of foreign investments in French listed companies.

The CJEU will hear the case (C-311/18) on 9 July 2019.

On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (or the "CARES Act") became law, marking the third phase of government aid to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. federal banking agencies have encouraged banking organizations to use their capital and liquidity buffers to support customers in the face of the economic effects of COVID-19 mitigation.

These diverging results provide early guidance as to when the Delaware courts will (and when they will not) dismiss aiding and abetting claims.

Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission provided new guidance on the presentation of performance metrics in MD&A.

Participants with a very wide range of perspectives addressed three concentric circles of topics:

The beginning stages of an investigation are often the most critical. At the outset of any investigation, information is often limited and events are unfolding quickly.

In the court's view, this requirement was unambiguous.

Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to Regulation S-K, including changes to its MD&A requirements that would, if adopted, make significant and long-overdue improvements ...

On August 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") published a final rule[1] that further tightens restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations...

Private equity pipelines are as full as they have been since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The continuing effects of COVID-19 and the annual summer hiatus in European M&A...

On March 18, 2020, the New York State Assembly approved, and Governor Cuomo signed into law, a bill (the "Act")...

On September 11, 2019, Judge Polster of the Northern District of Ohio granted certification of a novel "negotiation class" of cities and counties in the opioid MDL.