Soapbox: Borderline redrawn

In The Deal NewsWeekly George Casey and George Karafotias, partners at Shearman & Sterling LLP, analyze the SEC's proposed changes to cross-border M&A rules. The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed significant changes to its cross-border M&A rules first adopted in 1999. The proposed changes, included in a May 6 release and open for public comment until June 23, represent another positive step in acknowledging the increasingly global nature of the M&A marketplace....