US Regulation of the International Securities & Derivatives Markets

Dramatic changes in US law have increased the need to understand the complex regulation of today's global capital and derivatives markets. US Regulation of the International Securities and Derivatives Markets is the first truly comprehensive guide in this dynamic regulatory arena. This completely updated Ninth Edition was authored by a team of attorneys at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, one of the foremost law firms in international finance, and Ed Greene, a former Cleary Gottlieb partner who is now the General Counsel, CitiMarkets and Banking.

US Regulation of the International Securities and Derivatives Markets provides thoroughly up-to-date coverage of the SEC Securities Offering Reform rules, the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on public companies in the United States, and much more.

Advising clients on cross-border securities transactions means dealing with a tangle of complex rules and requirements. This comprehensive reference explains in detail virtually everything your clients might want to know, including:
* The US securities and commodities laws pertaining to foreign participants and financial products entering US capital markets, and US securities in international markets, including a comprehensive discussion of the requirements imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
* The rules and regulations affecting each participant, including foreign banks, broker-dealers, investment companies and advisers, futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, and others
* The rules and requirements behind different cross-border transactions, including private placements and Rule 144A, ADR programs, the US / Canadian MJDS, global offerings, and more
* The principal European Union measures governing securities offerings and ongoing reporting in the European Union
* Many additional regulatory issues, including enforcement and remedies, recent case interpretations, FINRA and other SRO rules, and much more

US Regulation of the International Securities and Derivatives Markets, Ninth Edition is by far the most comprehensive reference of its kind. This is the only desk reference covering all US laws and regulations affecting international securities offerings and foreign participants in US capital markets. It explains dozens of topics that simply cannot be found in any other published source - saving you valuable research time, you'll have all the detailed information you need to guide clients through this dramatic new financial era.

Contents: PART ONE
* Statutory and Regulatory Framework
* Access of Foreign Companies to the US Public Securities Market
* Registration, Reporting and Related Obligations of Foreign Companies with Publicly Trades Securities in the United States and Certain Consequences for Their Significant Shareholders
* Private Offerings in the United States by Foreign Investors
* Financings Outside the United States * Global Offerings
* Selected EU Financial Services Directives on Securities Offerings and Ongoing Reporting
* Reporting of Large Shareholdings, Tender and Exchange Offers and Business Combinations
* The US-Canadian Multijurisdictional Disclosure System

PART TWO
* Foreign and Foreign-Owned Broker-Dealers and Futures Commission Merchants
* Foreign and Foreign-Owned Investment Advisers and Commodity Trading Advisors
* Foreign Investment Companies and Commodity Pool Operators
* Banks and the International Securities Business: Major Banking Law Considerations

PART THREE
* Classification of Securities and Derivative Instruments
* Enforcement of the US Securities Laws
* Appendix A - Forms
* Appendix B - Statutes, Rules and Regulations
* Table of Cases
* Table of SEC Releases
* Table of No-Action Letters
* Table of Federal Reserve Board Orders
* Table of CFTC Interpretative Letters