PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 2)
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 1)
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What's Shaping the Capital Raising Environment?
Investment Opportunities in Italy's Tech Market
Raising a Down Round and How to Be Prepared
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Laws Affect Securities Offerings?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Makes it a Securities Offering?
JONES DAY TALKS®: A Trip to the Dark Side – Venture Capital Down Rounds and Recaps
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - Why Raise Capital?
The Power of Genuine Networking for Entrepreneurs With OneSixOne Ventures with Pablo Casilimas and Justis Mendez
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - The Aspects of Raising Capital from Start-Ups to More Established Companies
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 182: Life Sciences Startups and Leadership with Scott Pancoast of Zylo Therapeutics
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
Point by Point: The Sale of Dental Practices, Raising Capital and More with Logan Growth Advisors
Disrupting Systemic Economic Injustice in the Startup Ecosystem, with Resilient Ventures' Tom Droege and Keith Daniel
From Accidental Entrepreneur to a $2.5M raise, with Cycle Labs' Josh Owen
More than a decade has passed since the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which encouraged small-company capital formation through a reduction in costly regulatory burdens on SEC registrants. In...more
Form S-3 registration statements filed by issuers who are not well-known seasoned issuers may now be declared effective before the filing of the proxy statement containing Part III information that was properly omitted from...more
On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced expanded accommodations for issuers submitting draft registration statements for nonpublic review. These enhancements are intended to facilitate...more
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
The SEC recently published its report on the 2024 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The Forum addresses a range of issues affecting small businesses, including smaller public companies. The...more
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
This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - COVID-19-related filings are on pace to increase by 27% in 2024. The number of cryptocurrency-related filings in 2024 H1 (three) was in line...more
The legal and regulatory landscape for MicroCap investing is ever-evolving, including challenges involving compliance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and securities exchanges including...more
Pessimism surrounding the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes, combined with subdued business and consumer confidence as well as geopolitical concerns, weighed heavily on the IPO market in 2023. With 117 IPOs in 2023...more
Despite congressional leaders reaching a deal on Wednesday for a short-term stopgap funding extension, public reporting companies and Regulation A issuers are still left in limbo as the bill, if passed, will only extend...more
The cannabis industry is in distress. Despite continued market expansion and the increasing number of states legalizing adult use, business owners still grapple with lingering supply-chain issues from the pandemic, an...more
In the May edition of Capital Markets Compass, we examine how innovative offering structures are providing access to capital despite significant market challenges. We analyze recent SEC comment letters focusing on climate and...more
On November 23, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its "Strategic Plan" for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, which provides an overview of the SEC's planned initiatives and strategic goals over the...more
To prepare for 2023, reporting companies should be aware of applicable SEC filing deadlines and financial statement “staleness” dates, as well as regulatory reforms that may affect the preparation and contents of disclosures...more
The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more
In 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, the use of special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs") as a means of taking companies public grew exponentially. SPAC IPOs raised a total of more than $160 billion in that five...more
After a flurry of new listings in the first quarter of 2021, SPAC IPOs slowed down considerably, but the asset class remains a viable path for companies to go public - Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) had a...more
Recent SEC Comment Letters Recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comment letters reveal the SEC's close examination of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and their proposed business combinations show no...more
Quick Hitters - On December 15, 2021, the SEC (i) proposed amendments to address “potentially abusive practices” by corporate insiders related to 10b5-1 trading arrangements, grants of options and other similar equity...more
Two pieces of legislation aimed at imposing additional regulations on special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) were recently introduced in the US House of Representatives. ...more
Ever since the SPAC market exploded in late 2020 and early 2021, the SEC has sounded alarm bells through investor alerts, staff statements and public comments. In March of 2021, it warned investors not to invest in SPACs...more
Stable Road And Momentus Close Business Combination. On August 11, Stable Road Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), announced that its shareholders had approved its business combination with...more
Stable Road Enforcement Action Post Mortem: Lessons for the SPAC Market After Momentus Begins Trading - Stable Road And Momentus Close Business Combination. On August 11, Stable Road Acquisition Corp., a special purpose...more
Last year saw a boom in the market for SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies. Almost 250 SPACs raised more than $80 billion in initial public offerings (IPOs) during 2020. This trend did not let up as the calendar...more
Viewed as involving fewer regulatory hurdles than an IPO, SPACs became the most popular way to take a company public in 2020, and deal volume continued to rise in 2021. This increase in popularity brings increased attention...more