Richard Manfredi

Join us for a 45-minute briefing covering several M&A practice topics. The program is part of a series of quarterly webcasts designed to provide quick insights into emerging issues and practical advice on how to manage common M&A problems. Steve Glover, a partner in the firm's Global M&A Practice Group, acts as moderator.

Latin America is one of the most important regions for the U.S. and other companies conducting business abroad. Not only is it geographically proximate to the U.S., but the region's economic promise is substantial. Indeed, the World Bank estimates that, region-wide, the middle class has grown by 50% during the last decade. Some markets, including Mexico and Colombia, have made particularly noteworthy strides in boosting the ranks of their middle classes. Yet, despite its economic promise, conducting business in Latin America continues to be challenging. One key challenge has been corruption, which The Economist recently described as “surging across Latin America,” due in part to “political blowback from a period of intense anti-corruption campaigns[.]” Several governments in the region have collapsed in recent years due to corruption scandals, and in various countries, widely heralded anti-corruption reforms have not yielded the expected results.

This update discusses key trends and insights from our analysis of the cybersecurity disclosures made by 97 S&P 100 companies in their most recent Form 10-K filings in response to Regulation S-K Item 106.

Every large corporation risks legal and regulatory scrutiny, and certain individuals within those organizations may also face personal exposure if their organization fails to maintain adequate corporate compliance. These gatekeepers — tasked with protecting their companies' financial and reputational well-being — should remain alert to their own risk of liability for wrongdoing, failing to prevent it, or missteps taken in response to misconduct.

Client Alert | December 13, 2024 From the Derivatives Practice Group: The CFTC will hold an open meeting on December 18 to discuss two Final

Following the presidential election in November, attorneys from Gibson Dunn's Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group explore current policies and priorities, and forecast how those may evolve with the new administration. The speakers discuss what companies can expect regarding merger enforcement, civil antitrust investigations and enforcement, and other policy initiatives.

This update provides a chart of pay transparency laws with recent and upcoming effective dates that employers should review and monitor.

Diversity | December 19, 2024 Gibson Dunn's Workplace DEI Task Force aims to help our clients develop creative, practical, and lawful

Client Alert | December 20, 2024 Pizzuto v. Homology Meds., Inc. , No. 1:23-CV-10858, 2024 WL 1436025 (D. Mass. Mar. 31, 2024)

Gibson Dunn's lawyers bring you the latest in U.S. derivatives news from the past week.