JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup Episode 3: One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3)
A New Brand of Uncertainty? — PE Pathways Podcast
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup Episode 2: A First Look at Data Centers: The Fourth Utility
LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup: A New Look at Real Estate, Energy, and Infrastructure - Episode 1
Innovation in Compliance: LeadHERship with Linda Fisk
Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Risk New York Speaker Series: AI Investments and Political Uncertainty with Chris Mason
LathamTECH in Focus: How Should Crypto Companies Be Thinking About New Laws?
How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 2)
Inside a $175M Deal: Tim McLoughlin & Joshua Hayes Live From RDU Startup Week
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership: Empowering Female Entrepreneurs - A Conversation with Linda Fisk
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Investors Need to Know
Sunday Book Review: April 27, 2025, The Books on Business for May Edition
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 1)
What's the Buzz in the Battery World With Roger Miksad, BCI – Battery + Storage Podcast
Cannabis Law Now Podcast - From Law Firm to Board Room: The Journey of a Cannabis Entrepreneur
AGG Talks: Development Podcast Series - Episode 1: Powering Georgia: Energy Resilience, Data Centers, and Clean Innovation
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Navigating Fiduciary Responsibilities in a Tide-Turning ESG Era
The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released a no action letter addressing when accredited investor status for purposes of Rule 506(c) of Regulation D can be established by a representation...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a no-action letter clarifying that issuers relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, the private offering safe harbor permitting general...more
Under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), general solicitation of prospective purchasers is permitted if the issuer takes reasonable steps to verify the purchasers’...more
On March 12, 2025, staff of the Office of Small Business Policy of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “SEC Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued interpretive guidance in the form of a...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a significant No-Action Letter, providing clarity on how issuers can satisfy the “reasonable steps” requirement for verifying accredited investor status in Rule...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a No-Action Letter that provided guidance regarding the ways issuers can satisfy the accredited investor verification requirements of offerings made...more
In new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (see CDIs 256.35 and 256.36) and a related no-action letter (Latham & Watkins LLP, March 12, 2025), the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of...more
Our Investment Funds Team reviews new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidance that allows certain issuers to simplify the subscription process for 506(c) offerings....more
On March 12, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance through a no-action letter and Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) provided clarity on verifying “accredited investor” status under Rule...more
SEC staff issued no-action guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D private securities offerings on March 12, 2025, which should provide issuers with an easier path to rely on Rule 506(c) and solicit and advertise their...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance issued a no-action letter in response to a request for Rule 506(c) interpretative guidance, agreeing that an issuer...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a notice on Ares Core Infrastructure Fund’s (“Ares”) application for multi-class exemptive relief (the “Private Placement Multi-Class Relief”). The...more
On March 12, 2025, Latham obtained SEC Staff guidance on the use of general solicitation in private placements. The guidance unlocks the full potential of Regulation D Rule 506(c) by clarifying that issuers may satisfy the...more
On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a significant no-action letter clarifying the use of high minimum investment amounts as a method for verifying accredited investor status under Rule...more
At the Economic Club of New York, in keynote remarks, Chair Clayton reviewed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent initiatives. He highlighted the Commission’s adoption of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI). ...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
The SEC has given the go-ahead to a venture capital firm’s plan to conduct 506(b) private placements online. On August 5, 2015, the Commission issued a no-action letter to Citizen VC, Inc., saying the firm’s proposed online...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