After a recent cooling-off period, the success of high-profile tech IPOs and favorable market conditions suggest that 2024 is a promising time for tech and growth companies to go public....more
There are a number of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting implications arising from the server-related outages caused by CrowdStrike’s defective software update on July 19, 2024, and their impacts on public...more
On September 24, Cooley M&A partner, Garth Osterman, moderated a webinar on the current trend in going public: SPACs! Dave Peinsipp, co-chair of Cooley’s capital markets practice group and Rama Padmanabhan, a Cooley M&A...more
1. COVID-Related Disclosure -
It is critical to provide investors with as much detail as possible regarding the ongoing and expected impact of COVID-19 on the company’s business. This can be a challenge for companies in...more
1. Experienced advisors -
Choose experienced advisors, including lawyers, auditors and financial consultants (if necessary), and get them involved early. Advisors who work routinely with the SEC and investment bankers –...more
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1. Experienced advisors -
Choose experienced advisors, including lawyers, auditors and financial consultants (if necessary), and get them involved early. ...more
We took a few minutes to reflect following a very busy IPO quarter and thought we'd share some of the trends we're seeing in the market.
Company culture is critical -
Going public isn't really an end, but it is a new...more
Listening to our esteemed IPO seminar panelists – including executives and directors of some of the fastest growing companies representing some of the most successful IPOs of the last couple years, as well as industry experts...more
ISS and Glass Lewis are continuing to apply special scrutiny to certain corporate governance provisions of "newly public" companies (generally, companies that have gone public in 2014 or later). In short, the latest policies...more