Mergers, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Registration Statement

SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

White & Case LLP on 3/6/2025

On March 3, 2025, the staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued an announcement expanding accommodations available for issuers to submit draft registration statements for...more

SEC’s New Disclosure Rules Impact SPACs and Target Companies

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/7/2024

Almost two years after the publication of proposed rules (the Proposed Rules) on March 30, 2022, the SEC has adopted final rules (the Final Rules) to enhance disclosure and expand liability in initial public offerings by...more

Is the SEC process for SPAC registration statements Kafkaesque?

Cooley LLP on 4/21/2022

“Statement Regarding SPAC Matter,” is the latest from SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. Seems completely anodyne, doesn’t it? But, as they say, looks can be deceiving. Instead, it’s a withering criticism of the SEC’s failure...more

SPAC Transaction Explosion Drives SEC Enforcement Focus

WilmerHale on 4/5/2021

In the face of volatile markets and a global pandemic, an old capital markets vehicle has been taking the markets by storm: special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Although SPACs have been around for many years, the...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/6/2020

This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

Capital Markets Alert: SEC Approves NYSE Rules to Facilitate Direct Listings

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/9/2018

On February 2, 2018, the SEC approved the New York Stock Exchange’s proposal to permit qualifying private companies to use “direct listings” to list their shares on the NYSE and become publicly traded without conducting an...more