Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What is a Public Offering?
Best Practices for Preparing Your Company for Exit
Tech Debt is Common. What does it mean for IPO readiness from a cybersecurity perspective?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Makes it a Securities Offering?
A Day in the Life of a Financial Services General Counsel - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Part 2: The SEC’s New Rules
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Lessons Learned From the Early Days of SPAC Mania
Fast Track to IPO: Why Are Series A Startups Snatching Topflight CFOs?
The Brave New Frontier of Securing D&O Insurance for SPACs and deSPACs
Venture Capital: Global State of the Market
Nota Bene Episode 95: Mapping Capital Markets and Securities Enforcement in the Current COVID-19 Moment with Jamie Mercer and John Stigi
Compliance and Coronavirus-Michael Beber on M&A, IPOs and SPACs During and After Covid-19
What Is a Direct Listing?
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 85-Professor Coffee on the Dearth of IPOs
Life Sciences Quarterly: A View From Washington: What to Expect From the SEC
Dual-track IPOs
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 175-Debra Bruce on new methods for law firm funding and its implications
Advanced Intellectual Property Strategies for Defending Your Life Sciences IPO
The start of 2025 has seen an uptick in special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) initial public offering (IPO) activity in the United States as the broader market grapples with political and economic volatility and...more
On January 24, 2024, the SEC issued new guidance on when a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) may run afoul of the U.S. Investment Company Act (the Act). While this guidance was directed at SPACs that register or file...more
Much has been written about when a business should go public and the considerations that inform that choice. Assuming the decision to go public has been made, second in importance to that determination is how a private...more
Key Highlights - - SPAC IPO activity has declined but de-SPAC transactions have proven resilient. - U.S.-listed SPACs are searching for targets internationally, creating opportunities for Canadian companies. - Key...more
More special purpose acquisition vehicles (common known as “SPACs”) completed their initial public offering (“IPO”) in 2021 than in any prior year. In 2021, approximately 613 SPACs completed their IPO within the United States...more
Au cours des deux dernières années, les sociétés d’acquisition à vocation spécifique (« SAVS ») ont suscité un intérêt considérable. Réunissant des capitaux records et attirant des investisseurs et des fondateurs de premier...more
In the past two years, SPACs — short for special purpose acquisition companies — have created considerable buzz. Raising record sums and drawing high-profile investors and founders, these “blank-cheque” or “blind pool”...more
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) announced amendments (Amendments) to Part X — Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs) of the TSX Company Manual (Manual), which came into effect on October 4, 2018. Notable changes to...more
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) recently released proposed amendments (Proposed Amendments) to Part X — Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs) of the TSX Company Manual (Manual). Notable changes include codifying...more