The guide enables side-by-side comparison of critical equity derivatives issues across key jurisdictions.

The past several years emphasized the growing importance of strategic equity solutions as part of corporate finance advisory services for both listed issuers and their controlling shareholders. Strategic equity solutions include a range of equity derivatives products, such as capital-raising, equity-linked products; structured share buy-back and share accumulation and disposal products; and hedging and monetization products.
Interestingly, the pandemic highlighted the continued demand for sophisticated methods of capital raising, balance sheet management, and hedging solutions, all of which utilize strategic equity solutions. That trend continued until the 2022 downturn in global equity markets. The eighth edition of the Equity Derivatives volume in the Lexology Getting the Deal Through series aims to survey the equity derivatives landscape in key jurisdictions around the world and highlight the critical issues that practitioners and market participants should be aware of.