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Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
Point by Point: The Sale of Dental Practices, Raising Capital and More with Logan Growth Advisors
Disrupting Systemic Economic Injustice in the Startup Ecosystem, with Resilient Ventures' Tom Droege and Keith Daniel
From Accidental Entrepreneur to a $2.5M raise, with Cycle Labs' Josh Owen
The One Reason Startups Fail, with VentureSouth's Charlie Banks
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Lessons Learned From the Early Days of SPAC Mania
Healthcare Start-Ups: Keys to Fundraising and Growing Your Company Successfully
The Rare Air of Elevation Oncology: Raising Nearly $200M in 2 Years, with CEO Shawn Leland
The Legal Side of Raising Money: Startup Funding Questions Answered, with Anna Tharrington
Startup CEO Who Coded His Way Out: Rainway’s Andrew Sampson
Committed Capital Podcast: ESG and Asset Management - Challenges and Opportunities
The Fracture Startup Journey: Jumping Off a Cliff to Learn to Fly with Abhi Lokesh
The $200 Million Phone Call.
Raising Over $475M in Biomedical Startups, with Serial Entrepreneur Daniel White
Making Payroll, Raising Capital and the Adrenaline Rush of Being a HealthTech CEO, with Ludi's Gail Peace
Ledgers and Law: Roadblocks Facing the Cannabis Industry
Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more
This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - COVID-19-related filings are on pace to increase by 27% in 2024. The number of cryptocurrency-related filings in 2024 H1 (three) was in line...more
On May 9, 2024, the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) announced three new exemptions designed to support capital raising for early-stage businesses in Ontario through the OSC TestLab program. The initiatives include the...more
On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules and guidance affecting initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and business...more
On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) related to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and de-SPAC transactions.[1] The Final Rules are intended...more
As we previously posted, the Securities and Exchange Commission held an open meeting this morning to consider and vote on whether to adopt final rules regarding SPAC IPOs and business combinations (de-SPAC transactions). ...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced as part of its agenda for its January 24, 2024 open meeting that it will consider whether to adopt new rules and amendments to disclosures in initial public...more
This is our global initial public offering guide. It will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States under...more
On November 23, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its "Strategic Plan" for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, which provides an overview of the SEC's planned initiatives and strategic goals over the...more
Capital raising involves significant legal risks and complex securities law issues. All sorts of ownership interests sold in exchange for investments and payment rights constitute “securities” and their sale is subject to...more
On December 2, 2022, Nasdaq received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to modify certain pricing limitations for companies undertaking a direct listing involving sales of the company shares in the...more
On 19 July 2022, the U.K. Secondary Capital Raising Review (the Review) published its report (the Report), making significant recommendations to improve the efficiency of secondary capital raising by companies listed on the...more
The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) market is facing both a new set of rules and amendments to rules already in place under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Last month, the U.S....more
SEC’s Climate-Related Comment Letters – Avoiding Potential Pitfalls - In September 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provided a sample comment letter that included nine potential climate-related comments...more
On March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed a set of rules and amendments governing special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) that will, if adopted, impose significant new regulatory...more
On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules and amendments to enhance disclosure and investor protection in initial public offerings (IPOs) and in business combination...more
In its recently proposed rules that relate primarily to SPACs and shell companies, the SEC did propose certain changes relating to projections that would apply to all reporting companies. In particular, the proposed...more
In 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, the use of special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs") as a means of taking companies public grew exponentially. SPAC IPOs raised a total of more than $160 billion in that five...more
On March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rules and amendments to existing rules and forms (the “Proposed Rules”) addressing the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies...more
On March 30, 2022, the SEC announced proposed rules regarding SPACs and the use of projections. The proposed rules would require expanded disclosures regarding SPAC sponsors, conflicts of interest and dilution and require...more
The SEC proposed rules and amendments regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), shell companies, and projections disclosure. The proposed new rules and amendments would, among other things...more
Recent SEC Comment Letters Recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comment letters reveal the SEC's close examination of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and their proposed business combinations show no...more
Quick Hitters - On December 15, 2021, the SEC (i) proposed amendments to address “potentially abusive practices” by corporate insiders related to 10b5-1 trading arrangements, grants of options and other similar equity...more
An increase in the volume and complexity of filings with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has resulted in the temporary extension of review timelines for certain offering documents, compliance reviews, applications and...more
Ever since the SPAC market exploded in late 2020 and early 2021, the SEC has sounded alarm bells through investor alerts, staff statements and public comments. In March of 2021, it warned investors not to invest in SPACs...more