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Hello, this is Dave Lynn, and I’m a partner in Goodwin’s Capital Markets practice and chair of the firm’s Public Company Advisory practice. This is New Directions, a series of discussions about the impact and trajectory of...more
In March 2025, Nasdaq released a comprehensive set of policy recommendations intended to advance capital formation in a paper titled “Advancing the U.S. Public Markets: Unlocking Capital Formation for a Stronger American...more
On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff issued guidance that expands the existing accommodations available to companies to submit draft registration statements to the SEC for confidential,...more
The SEC announced that companies can now submit registration statements for confidential review before public filing in connection with most registered offerings. This expansion builds on the confidential filing process that...more
Earlier this month, the US House of Representative’s Financial Services Committee (the “Committee”) held a hearing entitled “The Future of American Capital: Strengthening Public and Private Markets by Increasing Investor...more
The SEC Staff has expanded the ability of issuers to make confidential submission of draft registration statements and clarified the procedures for making confidential submissions. This new policy takes effect immediately....more
Yesterday, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new policy permitting confidential submission of registration statements in additional circumstances in order...more
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, Tom Voekler is joined by colleagues Kathy Lawrence and Chip Cunningham to discuss what an initial public offering or IPO is, the benefit of doing an IPO, and some of the important...more
Texas has long been recognized as an economic and legal powerhouse. At a recent series of panels hosted by Baker Botts along with NACD, industry experts examined three key areas where Texas is making waves: the anticipated...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will meet on February 25, 2025 to discuss capital-raising challenges for emerging fund managers and smaller public companies...more
The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has released its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024, shedding light on the current state of initial public offerings (IPOs) and the challenges faced by small...more
The Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently begun issuing comment letters in the life sciences reverse merger (RM) context that involve a broadened...more
In March 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Regulation A, which expanded the Regulation A exemption from the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) registration for public offerings...more
NA100 aims to propel corporate action on natural capital through investor engagement similar to the work of initiatives like Climate Action 100+. On June 26, 2023, the Secretariat and Launching Investor Group behind...more
Agencies Issue Final Guidance on Third-Party Risk Management - On June 6, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC issued final joint guidance (the Guidance) pertaining to banking organizations’ risk management of third-party...more
In Regulatory Notice 23-09, FINRA provides an update on actions it currently has under way to promote capital formation and the capital-raising process. FINRA also requests comment regarding whether there are other changes to...more
Effective as of March 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted several amendments “to facilitate capital formation and increase opportunities for investors by expanding access to capital for small and...more
Companies will be affected in a variety of ways by the receivership of Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank or any other similarly situated financial institution. Companies may face difficulty accessing bank facilities or the...more
Speaking at a conference at Columbia University as part of the Columbia Law and Business Schools’ Program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Uyeda shared his views...more
1. Types of Business Entities - The main business entities in Greece are the following: i) the Société Anonyme (S.A.); ii) the Private Company (P.C.); iii) the Limited Liability Company (Ltd); iv) the General Partnership...more
Here’s the deal: - An initial public offering (“IPO”) refers to the initial offering by a company of a class of its equity securities, usually with a contemporaneous listing of that class of securities on a national...more
The FCA has welcomed Lord Hill’s recommendations from the UK Listings Review, launched by HM Treasury last November. The review has highlighted that the listing regime is in need of reform and now is the time to act....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently delivered its annual report for FY2020 to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the US Senate and...more
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to facilitate the use of private, or “exempt,” offerings. The changes will impact offerings structured pursuant to Section 4(a)(2), Regulation D...more