The Latest in the Saga of the SEC’s Regulation of Proxy Advisory Firms

On June 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a significant part of a 2022 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking, which itself was a reversal of the agency’s 2020 amendments to the rules relating to proxy voting advice produced and disseminated by proxy advisory firms. This is the latest chapter in the long, and as yet unfinished, story of SEC regulation of proxy advisory firms.

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Anna Pinedo is a partner in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice. She concentrates her practice on securities and derivatives. Anna represents issuers, investment banks/financial intermediaries and investors in financing transactions, including public offerings and…

Anna Pinedo is a partner in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice. She concentrates her practice on securities and derivatives. Anna represents issuers, investment banks/financial intermediaries and investors in financing transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, as well as structured notes and other hybrid and structured products.

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