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Steven R. Burwell

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With over 20 years of experience advising on and executing capital markets transactions, Steve Burwell focuses on corporate and securities law matters and public company representation across all industries, including, but not limited to, financial services, healthcare and life sciences.

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SEC Proposes Extensive New Rules Applicable to SPACs and de-SPAC Transactions

By Julia Alonzo, Corey I. Rogoff, Steven R. Burwell, Peter Castellon, Michael Choate, Steven L. Lichtenfeld, Ben Orlanski, Louis Rambo, Frank Zarb and Simon J. Wood on Posted in SEC Enforcement, Securities Litigation, SPAC
This week, our corporate colleagues published a handy guide to the SEC’s new proposed rules on SPACs. Of particular note to securities watchers should be potential increases in litigation stemming from changes to the definition of “blank check company” for the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). The SEC has long given … Continue Reading

SEC Proposes Broad New Climate Change Disclosure Requirements

By Julia Alonzo, Amy Gordon, Steven R. Burwell, Peter Castellon, Michael Choate, Michael E. Ellis, Steven L. Lichtenfeld, Ben Orlanski, Louis Rambo, William J. Tuttle and Frank Zarb on Posted in Corporate Governance, ESG, SEC Enforcement
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a set of sweeping new rules requiring public companies to disclose climate-related risks in their registration statements and periodic reports.  Under the proposed rules, public companies would have to disclose the actual and potential impacts of climate change on their business, management and governance processes to … Continue Reading
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