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Helping Clients Navigate COVID-19 (Updating)

Client Alerts | Business Restructuring and Reorganization | Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation | Derivatives | Employment Litigation | Estate Planning and Administration | Hedge Funds | Investment Management | Investor Activism | Mergers & Acquisitions | Private Equity Funds | Securities and Corporate Finance | Special Situations and Credit | March 30, 2020

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Helping Clients Navigate COVID-19 (Updating)

Kleinberg Kaplan is working closely with our clients to provide counsel and guidance during these unprecedented times. A selection of our recent thought leadership pieces related to the implications of COVID-19 includes: The Force May Be With You: COVID-19 and Force Majeure Provisions (March 31, 2020): How and if businesses should consider exploring the invocation…

Client Alerts | March 30, 2020 | Business Restructuring and Reorganization | Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation | Derivatives | Employment Litigation | Estate Planning and Administration | Hedge Funds | Investment Management | Investor Activism | Mergers & Acquisitions | Private Equity Funds | Securities and Corporate Finance | Special Situations and Credit

CFTC Extends Initial Margin Compliance Timeline for Many Buy-Side Firms

On March 18, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) voted unanimously to extend the uncleared swap initial margin compliance timeline for financial entities with smaller swap portfolios from September 1, 2020 to September 1, 2021. Phase 6 Compliance Group The newly created “Phase 6” compliance group will provide many private funds and other…

Client Alerts | March 20, 2020 | Derivatives | Private Equity Funds | Hedge Funds

Buy-Side Checklist for Potential Impacts on Counterparty Trading Arrangements

With the increasing concerns surrounding the impact of COVID-19 around the world, global financial markets are facing a unique set of difficulties. Fund managers, family offices and other buy-side market participants should consider reviewing their counterparty trading and brokerage arrangements to understand the impact of these events on their trading portfolios and their counterparties. Below…

Client Alerts | March 18, 2020 | Derivatives | Private Equity Funds | Hedge Funds

Amendments to FINRA’s New Issues Rules Alerts

On January 1, 2020, amendments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA“) Rule 5130 (Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings) and Rule 5131 (New Issue Allocations and Distributions) came into effect [1]. Per the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“), the rule changes “exempt additional persons and offerings, modify…

Client Alerts | February 11, 2020 | Hedge Funds | Private Equity Funds