SEC Commissioner Speaks on Transatlantic Challenges in Law, Business & Policy

By Mark T. Uyeda June 18, 2026 by renholding

Thank you, Łukasz [Chyla], for that kind introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to take part in the 4^th US-CEE Connection Weekend, especially during the year that the United States celebrates the 250^th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence.…

Digital Governance After the AI Act

By Kostakis Bouzoukas January 16, 2026 by renholding

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act is now law. Some provisions are already in effect, but others are still being finalized, so boards are being asked to take digital governance seriously while the legal floor under their feet is still …

Effective Financial Regulation Requires Better Governance, Not More Simplification

By Maria Lucia Passador December 23, 2025 by renholding

Debates on whether to simplify financial regulations are often framed as if complexity were a technical inconvenience –an unfortunate by-product of legislative over-exuberance that could be corrected by pruning rulebooks and consolidating texts. Yet the reality is not so simple. …

White & Case Discusses Private Credit Funds’ Turn Toward Europe

By Gareth Eagles and David Ridley November 11, 2025 by renholding

The US is the world’s largest private credit market, tripling in size since 2010 (estimated to be around US$1.5 trillion today) and currently more than twice the size of Europe’s market (approximately US$500 billion-US$1 trillion), according to Barings’ report, Direct …

Do We Need a Digital Corporate Law?

By Chen Wang and Ke Xu November 6, 2025 by renholding

The rapid rise of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain is placing significant pressure on the established framework of corporate law. This pressure raises fundamental questions about whether these innovations require minor regulatory updates or warrant a re-examination …

SEC Chair Atkins Speaks at the Investor Advisory Committee Meeting

By Paul S. Atkins September 29, 2025 by renholding

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure for me to be with you in person for the first time as Chairman.[1] I have long believed that the Investor Advisory Committee has an important mission to give considered …

The Silent Impact of Europe’s AI Act on Corporate Roles

By Maria Lucia Passador September 12, 2025 by renholding

For more than a decade, the European Union has styled itself as the custodian of digital civilization. If Silicon Valley built the engines, and Shenzhen perfected the replication, Brussels has written the rulebook. After the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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ISS Offers Preview of Continental Europe Proxy Season

By European Governance Research April 29, 2025 by renholding

European competitiveness: Following the results of the 2024 European elections and the release of the so-called Draghi-report, European competitiveness has emerged as a key priority and a major stewardship theme. European competitiveness is a broad theme affecting various aspects, ranging …

Skadden Offers a Review of ESG in 2024 and Key Trends for 2025

By Raquel Fox, Marc S. Gerber, Simon Toms, Caroline S. Kim and Justin Lau January 9, 2025 by renholding

ESG: 2024 Sees Greater Implementation in Europe and Increasing Divergence With the US

In this article, we reflect on key trends in ESG over the second half of 2024 and look ahead at trends that may emerge in 2025.

We …

ISS Discusses the Latest in ESG and Stewardship Regulation

By Noam Cherki, Hugo Gallagher and Karina Karakulova January 7, 2025 by renholding

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International Organization of Securities Commissions Publishes Report on Impact of Transition Plans Disclosures

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a report on November 13 covering the key impacts of, and challenges associated with, transition planning. The …

How Saudi Corporate Governance Has Evolved Over the Last Two Decades

By Alissa Kole October 30, 2024 by renholding

I remember that day in 2006 at my OECD office in Paris when a colleague told me he had received a call from the Saudi government. The gentleman on the other end of the line had been inquiring about circuit-breaker …

Paul Weiss Discusses Ruling on Limits of European Commission’s Power to Review Deals

By Nicole Kar, Rich Pepper, William Feerick, Andrea Wei Ling Chong and Timothy Noelanders September 10, 2024 by renholding

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has upheld an appeal against the European Commission’s ability to accept referrals under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”) from national competition authorities who are not competent to …

Europe Needs a Business Law. What Would It Look Like?

By Jan H. Dalhuisen April 12, 2024 by renholding

Globalization, whatever its problems, has created international flows of goods and other items that in value far exceed the GDP of the largest states (or combinations of them like the EU). and so it may lay claim to its own …

Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Hostile Bids Regime in Europe, 2004-2023

By Luca Enriques and Matteo Gatti March 25, 2024 by renholding

In 2004, the European Union (EU) adopted the Takeover Directive, a framework statute aimed at regulating corporate control transactions and takeover bids targeting EU listed issuers. The Directive, amidst aspirations of fostering a unified market for corporate control and ensuring …

Skadden Discusses Increasing Shareholder Activism in Europe

By Armand W. Grumberg, George Knighton and Simon Toms February 23, 2024 by renholding

Key Points

The number of activist campaigns launched against European companies rose again in 2023, with a new focus on German targets.
Many activists surveyed believe that France offers them good opportunities.
Most of the companies surveyed said they have

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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses How U.S. Securities Laws Apply to a Bail-In of UK or European Bank

By Andrew Bernstein, John Brinitzer, Amelie Champsaur, David Gottlieb and Sarah Lewis October 27, 2023 by renholding

On October 10, 2023, the Financial Stability Board (the “FSB”) published a report (the “FSB Report”)[1] that examined the international resolution framework as applicable to global systemically important banks (“G-SIBs”). In its examination, the FSB Report stated that the …

ISS Discusses Dual-Class Share Structures in Europe

By Paul Hodgson February 13, 2023 by renholding

While unequal voting structures in the U.S. are commonly associated with technology and media companies, there is no such industry specific tendency in Europe – with its tradition of so-called “loyalty shares” and government ownership. This paper surveying dual class

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From “Corporate Social Responsibility” to “Corporate Social Liability”?

By Karl Hofstetter December 9, 2022 by renholding

The debate about corporate social responsibility has recently moved into new territory: the establishment of what can be called corporate social liability or CSL. CSL goes beyond classic tort and company law and may result in vicarious liability of …

When Should You Abstain? A Call for a Global Rule of Insider Trading

By Ido Baum and Dov Solomon November 9, 2021 by renholding

The core concepts of securities regulation tend to be similar across jurisdictions. However, there are differences that may seem small and insignificant at first glance but in fact generate the potential for arbitrage by the kind of sophisticated actors that …

Comparative Corporate Governance

By Afra Afsharipour and Martin Gelter August 16, 2021 by renholding

With the increasing internationalization of law and legal scholarship, comparative corporate governance has seen a burgeoning volume of research from a practical, theoretical, and empirical perspective. Practically speaking, both internationally and within individual countries, most corporate governance research deals with …

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