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Steve Sedgwick, host of CNBC’s Street Signs Europe, interviews Kleinberg Kaplan partner Christopher P. Davis about the recent rise of activist investing in Europe

Steve Sedgwick , host of CNBC’s Street Signs Europe, interviews Kleinberg Kaplan partner Christopher P. Davis about the recent rise of activist investing in Europe. Steve opens the segment by asking “Come on then Christopher, lay it on the line, why aren’t you the bad kids on the block here, looking to break down long…

Firm News | July 28, 2017

Kleinberg Kaplan assists with $60m Paraguay port project refinancing

As noted in Latin Lawyer, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, PC in New York helped San Francisco S.A., obtain a credit line for port projects in Paraguay. Kleinberg Kaplan represented the borrower, San Francisco S.A., a port operator in Paraguay, in obtaining $60 million in refinancing and construction financing from a consortium of institutional development…

Firm News | July 18, 2017

CFTC Modernizes Recordkeeping Requirements

Overview The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently adopted amendments to CFTC Regulation 1.31 (Final Rule), which governs the recordkeeping obligations for any person required by the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) or CFTC regulations to maintain such records, including registered commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. While the Final Rule amendments do not…

Client Alerts | July 14, 2017 | Derivatives | Hedge Funds

Town Center’s Impact On Real Estate Lenders And Borrowers

In this article, Partner Dov Kleiner discusses, a recent Sixth Circuit decision that has given lenders some comfort about the protection their lien on rents afford them in a bankruptcy filing, but that comfort depends on how the particular state jurisdiction treats collateral assignments of rents. To read the full Law360 article, click here.

Firm News | July 7, 2017

Important CRS Deadline and FFI Agreement Renewal Notices

Reminder: Upcoming Deadline for the Common Reporting Standard As indicated in our newsletter sent on June 9th, the deadline for Common Reporting Standard (CRS) notification is Friday, June 30, 2017. Any Cayman Islands funds that have not completed the required notification on the Cayman Islands AEOI Portal must do so by Friday, June 30, 2017.…

Client Alerts | June 22, 2017 | Hedge Funds

Marc Rosen Quoted in Hedge Fund Law Report on Impact of Kokesh Ruling

Litigation & Risk Management Department chair Marc Rosen was quoted in the June 15, 2017 Hedge Fund Law Report article, “Implications for Fund Managers of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Kokesh v. SEC,” which described the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling requiring SEC cases seeking disgorgement to be filed within five years of the violation, and…

Firm News | June 15, 2017

FATCA and Common Reporting Standard Upcoming Deadlines and New Requirements

Upcoming Deadlines for Cayman Islands Funds (Including Cayman Master Funds) June 30, 2017 Notification: U.S. FATCA and Common Reporting Standard U.S. FATCA notification to the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority (the “Cayman TIA”) is required for entities that have not previously notified the Cayman TIA and entities that need to update an existing notification (for…

Client Alerts | June 9, 2017