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The SEC is reportedly in discussions with Nasdaq and NYSE about ways to ease the burden of becoming—and remaining—a public company....more
On May 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved an amendment to Section 102.01 of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Listed Company Manual allowing companies organized outside North America (i.e., outside the U.S.,...more
Companies should not minimize the extent of a material cybersecurity incident by omitting material facts regarding the scope and potential impact of the incident. Cybersecurity risk factor disclosures should be tailored to a...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the second half of 2024. Global Market Update - In...more
2022年半ばの私共香港オフィスによるバミューダ及びケイマン諸島会社のIPOのテーマとトレンドレビューは、香港とニューヨークの二都市の市場についてでした。2年後の今、香港市場は引き続き、NYSE/Nasdaqの台頭に対して苦戦しています。2024年、アジアに拠点を置く企業のIPOの現状はどうでしょうか？...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2024. Global Market Update -...more
When I last reviewed the themes and trends we are seeing for IPOs of Bermuda and Cayman companies from our office in Hong Kong in mid-2022, it was very much a tale of two cities. Two years later, there is little to indicate...more
U.S. emerging growth companies face many challenges in today’s dynamic capital market when considering going public. One historic obstacle has been the limited number of national exchanges available, with companies usually...more
As growing companies delay IPOs or sales, private company secondaries have become a rapidly growing market opportunity, especially as investors, founders and employees seek liquidity by selling a portion of their investment...more
In what will undoubtedly be seized upon by the financial press as another blow to UK equity capital markets, Arm Holdings Limited, the Cambridge-headquartered chip designer which was once courted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...more
Global market update - The second half of 2022 proved to be as challenging as H1 had been for global markets. Worldwide financial uncertainty continued, fed by a number of parallel and often related ongoing crises:...more
On December 15, 2022, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to modify certain pricing limitations for companies undertaking a direct listing involving sales...more
The NYSE’s yearly statistics release highlights a second consecutive year of record new listings and the exchange’s increased focus on sustainability. This year’s listings added $1 trillion of new market capitalization to...more
On September 20, 2021, in the first case by a U.S. Court of Appeals to have considered the issue, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a shareholder plaintiff had statutory standing to pursue claims under...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the first half of 2021. Global market update The first half of...more
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) played a critical role in U.S. capital market growth in 2020. There were 248 SPACs launched, raising an aggregate of $83 billion in proceeds. The beginning of 2021 witnessed an...more
On December 22, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposal by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that allows companies going public via a direct listing to issue new shares and raise capital...more
Direct listings have been gaining traction as an alternative to the traditional IPO approach to going public. A direct listing is the registered sale of a company’s stock and the listing of that company’s stock on an exchange...more
Are direct listings a viable potential alternative for all companies seeking to go public? The answer may likely be no, especially for early stage life sciences companies that are not household names. ...more
Last week, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed proposed rule changes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow companies to sell shares on their own behalf in direct listings. Currently, direct listings...more
In a recently published Practical Law Capital Markets Global Guide 2018 article, “Equity Capital Markets in the United States: Regulatory Overview,” Counsel Brian Hirshberg and Partners Anna Pinedo and Remmelt Reigersman...more
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
SEC Permits Draft Registration Statements for All Initial Public Offerings and Direct Listings - On June 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the Division of Corporation Finance will permit...more
More on the IPO Market from the SEC Investor Advisory Committee - The SEC Investor Advisory Committee devoted its June 22, 2017, session to a discussion of the decline in the number of U.S. IPOs. Chair Clayton addressed...more