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K&L Gates LLP

SEC Expands Nonpublic Review Process for Draft Registration Statements

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On 3 March 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it is expanding the scope of availability for companies to submit draft registration statements for...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC’s Expanded Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Greater Flexibility To Explore and Plan Public Offerings

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced significant enhancements to the accommodations available for issuers confidentially submitting draft registration...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Expands Confidential Review Accommodations for Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) announced that it enhanced certain existing accommodations under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A Significant Development for Broker-Dealers Quoting Fixed Income Securities

As a follow-up to our prior discussion in this area, this article addresses a recent exemption issued to the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that allows for increased trading...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced a new policy, with immediate effect, expanding the accommodations available for issuers that...more

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SEC Expands Confidential Review Process to Facilitate Capital Formation

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Companies seeking to raise capital through a public offering are encouraged to note the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s announcement on March 3, 2025 that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (SEC...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate Capital Formation

In March 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is expanding the accommodations available for issuers that submit draft registration statements for nonpublic review. The SEC’s Division of...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Expands Confidential Filings to Facilitate Planning for IPOs

The SEC announced that its Division of Corporation Finance is further facilitating capital formation by enhancing the accommodations available to companies for nonpublic review of draft registration statements....more

Winstead PC

SEC Rule 13f-2 and Form SHO: New Short Position Reporting Requirements for Certain Investment Managers

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted Rule 13f-2 and Form SHO under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC approves FINRA rule 6500 series requiring securities lending reporting

On January 2, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) published an order approving a proposed rule change filed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) to adopt the new FINRA Rule 6500...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 3rd Quarter 2023 - What You Need to Know About The SEC's Latest Rulemaking

The weather may be cooling down, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) did not cool down its pace of rulemaking during the third quarter of 2023. The SEC adopted its highly anticipated cybersecurity disclosure...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Considerations for Company Insiders When Contemplating Pledging Shares

For many insiders at a newly formed public company, a large portion of their net worth is potentially tied up in holdings of their company’s publicly-traded shares. These insiders often face challenges obtaining liquidity...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2021 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Capital Markets Regulations Affecting U.S. Companies

Capital markets in the United States provide an unparalleled source of investment capital, measured in trillions of dollars. U.S. markets and rules allow companies to raise funds on an expedited and economically efficient...more

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SEC Speaks Out on SPACs

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When a significant volume of capital is raised from investors through nontraditional capital markets transactions, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is sure to follow with increased scrutiny. The SEC made that...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Business Development Company Guide for Capital Markets

This guide covers all related information that a securities practitioner needs when working with a Business Development Company (BDC). It provides an overview of the industry and covers applicable securities laws and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Capital Markets Alert – SEC Expands ‘Smaller Reporting Company’ Definition

On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC) that will substantially expand the number of companies that will qualify for the scaled...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2017 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Capital Markets Regulation and Practices: An Overview for Non-U.S. Companies

Capital markets in the United States provide an unparalleled source of investment capital, measured in trillions of dollars, for companies located outside the United States. For non-U.S. companies (which we refer to in this...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Coming to America – A Guide for FPIs

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In this Issue: - The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - Chapter 1: Background - Chapter 2: Unregistered Global Offerings – Regulation S, Rule 144A and...more

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