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Ryan Hong Discusses Important Contracts for Startups
Venture Capital Trends: East Meets West – Lewis Geffen, Co-chair, Venture Capital Practice
Financing Challenges for Small Cap Companies
Jaffe Sees 'A Lot' of IPOs in 2013 'Pipeline'
JOBS Act Lessens Disclosure Requirements
Our second quarter 2025 corporate venture capital (CVC) survey indicators continue to show challenging market conditions. However, valuations are on the rise in surveyed transactions. In this survey, we track investment...more
Finance Forum Welcome Remarks - Good afternoon. Welcome to the Cadwalader Finance Forum. I’m Wes Misson, the Co-Chair of the Finance Group at Cadwalader....more
According to data aggregated by Carta, an ownership and equity management platform, private capital raising trends noticeably shifted in 2022. Companies in Carta’s database raised $107 billion in 6,123 deals in 2022. Overall,...more
Effective September 20, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) increased the annual gross revenue threshold to qualify for emerging growth company (EGC) status from $1.07 billion to $1.235 billion. ...more
Here’s the deal: - Filing the registration statement is a crucial part of an initial public offering (“IPO”), and during the filing period the company must engage with the SEC Staff and respond to its comments with...more
This practice note examines some of the issues most commonly raised in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff comment letters on registration statements filed for initial public offerings. It is intended to guide you,...more
The United States is the largest financial services market in the world. For an international business, expanding operations to the U.S. can facilitate capital-raising efforts, provide access to one of the world’s deepest...more
On February 19, 2019, the SEC voted to propose Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and amendments to Rule 405 (collectively the Proposed Rule) promulgated under the Securities Act to...more
Since the financial crisis, the IPO market has been somewhat volatile, but in the last few quarters, the market has shown growth. ...more
The United States House of Representatives passed the bipartisan JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018, which is often referred to as JOBS Act 3.0. ...more
On 23 February 2018, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "HKEx") published a consultation paper seeking public comments on Listing Rules amendments aimed at expanding the listing regime to help list companies from...more
The just completed IPO of Snap Inc. has received enormous buzz and plenty of press coverage, mostly about its eye-popping valuation and offering proceeds, the big winners among the founders and early investors and the...more
The process of Brexit and the implications for our clients’ businesses will unfold over time. Our MoFo Brexit Task Force is coordinating Brexit-related legal analysis across all our offices and working with our clients on...more
The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 147 under the Securities Act of 1933, which currently provides a safe harbor for compliance with the Section 3(a)(11) exemption from registration for intrastate securities offerings....more
On August 6, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a no-action letter to Citizen VC, Inc. (“Citizen VC”), the manager of a venture capital investment platform...more
The SEC granted no-action relief to Citizen VC, Inc. which appears to state, although subject to facts and circumstances, a pre-existing relation can be formed with a person that first contacts a seller of securities over the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (Committee) met on June 3 to discuss various topics including (1) SEC rules with respect to intrastate crowdfunding; (2) the...more