On Thursday, November 12, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order (the “Order”) that, beginning on January 11, 2021, will prohibit U.S. persons from transacting in the publicly traded securities of 31 companies that the Department of Defense has identified as “Communist Chinese military companies.” The requirement for the Department
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Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett represents domestic and global financial institutions and other market participants in global market transactions and regulations. Bruce’s work spans capital markets and futures and derivatives markets, including regulatory matters involving the SEC, FINRA, the CFTC and the prudential banking regulators. He also leads the firm’s efforts in representing issuers and derivatives dealers in convertible notes and other equity-linked product transactions in entering into equity derivatives hedging transactions, as well as in matters relating to the regulation of broker-dealers.
Bruce co-chairs the firm’s Financial Services Group, is a Vice Chair of the firm’s Public Service Committee and is a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
The GDPR and Blockchain
Building a EU Capital Markets Union
Building a “Capital Markets Union” for the 28 EU Member States was presented as one of the main priorities of Jean-Claude Juncker when he was appointed President of the European Commission last year. He saw it, together with his 315 Billion Euros investment plan, as part of his most important…
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