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Reverse Merger

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  1. Securities Law Prof Blog

    SEC Charges Consultant with Fraud For Role in Chinese Firms’ Reverse Mergers

    By Securites Lawprof

    The SEC charged Huakang “David” Zhou, a New Jersey-based consultant, with violating securities laws and defrauding some investors while helping Chinese companies gain access to the U.S. capital markets. According to…

  2. Securities Law Prof Blog

    Templin on Chinese Reverse Mergers

    By Securites Lawprof

    Chinese Reverse Mergers, Accounting Regimes, and the Rule of Law in China, by Benjamin A. Templin, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: In…

  3. China Law Update Blog

    SEC Toughens Listing Requirements for Reverse Merger Companies

    By Sheppard Mullin

    By Amin Amirkia On November 9, 2011 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved additional listing requirements proposed by the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), NYSE Amex ("Amex") and…

  4. Securities Compliance Sentinel

    SEC Rules on Reverse Merger Companies

    By Fox Rothschild

    Responding to numerous complaints, especially, regarding companies operating from the People’s Republic of China, the SEC has determined that it will tighten the listing requirements for companies involved in reverse…

  5. The D&O Diary

    Guest Post: SEC and U.S. Exchanges Crack Down On Chinese and Other Reverse Merger Companies

    By Kevin LaCroix

    Companies that obtained their listings on U.S. exchanges by way of a reverse merger with a publicly traded shell have been the focus of a great deal of scrutiny and…

  6. Securities Law Prof Blog

    SEC Approves New Rules to Tighten Listing Standards for Reverse Merger Companies

    By Securites Lawprof

    The SEC approved new rules of the three major U.S. listing markets that toughen the standards that companies going public through a reverse merger must meet to become listed on those…

  7. Securities Law Prof Blog

    SEC Calls for Review of Exchanges’ Reverse Merger Listing Standards

    By Securites Lawprof

    On Sept. 12 the SEC issued an Order instituting proceedings to determine whether to disapprove NASDAQ's proposed rule change to adopt additional listing requirements for reverse mergers (Rel. 34-65319).  On…

  8. InsureReinsure

    Complimentary Webinar: Chinese Reverse Mergers: Insurance & Auditor Angles

    By Troutman Pepper Locke

    This 60-minute webinar will be presented by EAPD attorneys Mary-Pat Cormier and Greg Pendleton and Lister Lo Lui & Choy partner Kenneth Choy on September 21, 2011. 

  9. Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest

    NYSE Proposes Tougher Listing Standards for Issuers Following Reverse Mergers

    By Robert L. Kohl

    Co-authored by: Robert Wild and David KravitzOn August 4, the New York Stock Exchange LLC filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt additional initial…

  10. The D&O Diary

    Guest Post: Claims Against China-Based Reverse Merger Companies: A Tempest in a Teapot of Gunpowder Green Tea?

    By Kevin LaCroix

    As numerous commentators have noted, one of the most distinctive litigation developments over the last twelve months has been the emergence of U.S. securities litigation against Chinese companies that obtained…