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Author Archives: Tarik Samman
Stuck in the Middle with ESG: What Companies Can Expect in 2025 & Beyond
After a much-anticipated election cycle in the U.S., Republicans will take over the White House and control both chambers of Congress. This shift in power will significantly impact ESG initiatives. While it is too early to determine precisely what those impacts will be, we present our view of the most likely scenarios and how companies […]
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Tagged dei, ESG, proxy statements, SEC
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Preparing your 2024 Form 20-F
This client update highlights key considerations for the preparation of your 2024 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous years, we discuss both disclosure developments and continued areas of focus for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In addition, we highlight certain U.S.-related enforcement matters and certain other developments of interest to foreign […]
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Tagged amendments, Form 20-F, FPIs, SEC
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Silicon Valley and S&P 100: A Comparison of 2024 Proxy Season Results
In the 2024 proxy season, 149 of the technology and life sciences companies included in the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150) and all of the companies in Standard & Poor’s (S&P 100) held annual meetings. Generally, such annual meetings will, at a minimum, include voting with respect to the election of directors […]
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Weekly Roundup: December 6-12, 2024
The ISSB Puts Portfolio Materiality on the Table Posted by Frederick Alexander, The Shareholder Commons, on Friday, December 6, 2024 Tags: Disclosure, GHG, ISSB, Sustainability What Companies Can Do to Protect against Cyberattacks Posted by Jenness E. Parker, William E. Ridgway, and David A. Simon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, on Saturday, December […]
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Despite record levels of demographic diversity in board composition, directional trends are slowing amid an increasingly complex economic and social environment. This report provides a detailed analysis of evolving board composition and practices in 2024, focusing on public companies in the Russell 3000 and S&P 500 indexes. Key Insights As boards look to diversify their […]
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Tagged Board of Directors, C-suite, ESG, IPOs
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No, SPACs Do Not Dilute Investors – A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Over the past decade, special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) became a prominent method for private companies to go public through a merger transaction (“de-SPAC”) between a publicly-listed SPAC and a private company. The SPAC boom peaked in 2020 and 2021 when there were 248 and 613 SPACs representing the majority of all IPOs both years. […]
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Boards Must Lead Companies Through Today’s Political Turbulence
In the wake of current political volatility, corporate boards should continually exercise the full scope of their leadership role, in order to sustain the organizational mission and respond to stakeholder interests they serve. Every incoming administration has the unquestioned right to seek to shape the government in support of its platform. Yet the headlines make clear that the […]
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Remarks by Chair Gensler Before the Investor Advisory Committee
Good morning. I am pleased to meet with the Investor Advisory Committee. As today’s meeting is the last of this Administration, I’d like to share some reflections about this Committee and its importance to everyday investors. As is customary, I’d note that my views are my own as the 33rd Chair of the Securities and […]
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Remarks by Commissioner Peirce Before the Investor Advisory Committee
As we close out 2024, allow me a moment to thank you for sharing your time and your wisdom this last year. I look forward to working with all of you next year, which is likely to be a particularly eventful year for both the Commission and the Investor Advisory Committee. Thank you also to […]
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2024 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report
Below are the key findings from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s 2024 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which analyzes the corporate governance practices and disclosures of the Valley’s largest public companies based on reviews of proxy statements filed between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024 (referred to as 2024 in this report), as […]
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