7/2/2026 6:03:38 PM CFDs, Prediction Markets, and the SEC’s Expanding Regulatory Perimeter By Melissa Hodgman Nicholas Caselli Timothy Howard The SEC’s action against Netrios and Red Acre reads, on its surface, like a traditional offshore derivatives case. In reality, it...
6/24/2026 11:01:07 AM Trends and Updates from the 2026 Proxy Season By Elizabeth Bieber Pamela Marcogliese Abbey MacDonald Heather Brookfield Kathleen Emberger Sarah Ghulamhussain David Livshiz Jennifer Loeb Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Sam Houshower +7 more... Show less The Freshfields team reviewed key trends and developments for the 2026 proxy season, summarizing takeaways and guidance across several...
6/16/2026 7:27:07 PM Governance That Holds: What Five Years of Sponsor-Backed IPOs Tell You By Jacqueline Marino Sarah Solum Pamela Marcogliese Neal Reenan Ian Bushner +2 more... Show less For private equity sponsors, the path to a public market listing involves a series of governance decisions that shape influence long...
6/15/2026 9:39:37 PM Sticking to the Schedule: What the SEC’s Proposed Rescission of its Climate-Related Disclosure Rules Signals for Future Disclosure Rulemaking Beyond Climate By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Ginger Hervey On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC, or the Commission) voted to propose the rescission of its March...
6/4/2026 9:36:37 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: The Great Scale Back: SEC Proposes Sweeping Reforms to Public Offering Rules and Public Company Filer Status By Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Melissa Hodgman On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed two significant rulemakings that, taken together, represent what the SEC...
5/19/2026 9:33:07 PM Takeaways from the 12th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who once again filled the venue to capacity and to the hundreds who joined virtually at the 12th...
5/11/2026 9:15:37 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: SEC Proposes to Let Companies Report Twice a Year — What Public Companies Need to Know By Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Daniel Fox On May 5, 2026, the SEC proposed a rule that would permit (but not require) public companies to report their financial results twice a...
3/6/2026 11:03:47 PM SEC Exempts Certain Officers and Directors of FPIs from Six Jurisdictions from Section 16(a) Reporting By Erik Gerding David Boles Melissa Hodgman On March 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission used its exemptive authority under the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act...
2/24/2026 8:04:41 PM CorpFin Publishes New Guidance on Going Private Transactions and Mini-Tender Offers By Michael Levitt Jeremy Barr The staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance has provided relief this winter to facilitate mergers and acquisitions and related...
2/23/2026 4:20:36 PM SEC Adds Flexibility to M&A, Proxy, and Tender Offer Rules with New Interpretations – Not All of the Implications of Which Are Apparent on Their Face By Ethan Klingsberg Michael Levitt Elizabeth Bieber Jeremy Barr +1 more... Show less On January 23, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (“CorpFin”) published new and revised...
12/16/2025 7:07:39 PM Proxy Advisors Under Pressure: What the December 11 Executive Order Could Mean for SEC Rulemaking and the 2026 Proxy Season By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less On December 11, the White House issued an Executive Order that targets proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, for...
12/12/2025 6:47:36 PM Baby it’s Cold Outside: Legislation Extends the Application of Section 16(a) to Foreign Private Issuers and Their Insiders By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Shira Oyserman This blog was originally posted on December 12, 2025 and updated on December 16, 2025. In a frosty start to the holiday season, Foreign...
11/24/2025 2:03:22 PM SEC Seeks Dismissal of Cybersecurity Disclosure Case Against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt The SEC announced that it was seeking dismissal of the federal court action against SolarWinds Corp. and its now chief information...
11/18/2025 12:46:34 AM SEC Staff Reshapes Shareholder Proposal Landscape with Narrowed No-Action Path By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a pivotal Staff Statement today that could reshape how public companies approach...
11/14/2025 2:28:28 PM Issuer Action Guide: SEC Post-Shutdown Guidance By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Narrative Overview On November 13, 2025, the SEC issued post-shutdown guidance to help issuers navigate filings that became effective by...
11/5/2025 2:38:24 PM SEC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Foreign Private Issuers Amid Renewed Cross-Border Enforcement Push By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled that it will continue its focus on foreign private issuers and...