Corporate Venture Capital, or CVC, continues to play a major role in investment and deal activity across numerous growth industries. Jones Day partners Tim Curry and Taylor Stevens discuss who’s investing, the opportunities they’re targeting, and the special factors to consider in a corporate venture investment.

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In this Encore Presentation: Jones Day Talks podcast on foreign direct investment, Randi Lesnick and Chase Kaniecki discuss the current global M&A landscape, the challenges of multijurisdictional deal making, the impact of geopolitical issues, and why investors can benefit from contingency planning.

The SEC requires anyone who acquires more than 5 percent ownership of any class of registered securities to file a Schedule 13D within 10 days, thereby disclosing their holdings and intentions. But the process has come under persistent criticism, as activist hedge funds and similar investors have used the 10-day window to conceal their accumulations.

Lizanne Thomas, leader of the Firm’s corporate governance team, talks about the current wave of shareholder activism and explains why the SEC’s Schedule 13D 10-day filing window is in need of reform.

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In the first in a Jones Day Talks series on foreign direct investment, Randi Lesnick and Chase Kaniecki discuss the current global M&A landscape, the challenges of multijurisdictional deal making, the impact of geopolitical issues, and why investors can benefit from contingency planning.