Category: Resource
Make IPOs Great Again: Can Being Public Really Be This Simple?
By Liz Dunshee In addition to the SEC’s recent rule proposals covered in this June 24, 2026 CapitalXchange blog, the SEC staff has made a number of procedural changes and interpretive updates since January 2025. The staff-level changes are consistent with – and in some cases served as a prelude […]
Make IPOs Great Again: Your First Look at How the Rulemaking Pieces Fit Together
By Liz Dunshee IPO activity is building across sectors, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is ready to meet the moment. Over the past month or so, the SEC has put forward a series of reforms – touching capital markets access, scaled disclosure accommodations, reporting cadence, climate disclosure and enforcement […]
CapitalXchange Audio – How Proxy Season Is Changing
By Liz Dunshee In this 16-minute CapitalXchange interview, Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn flagged regulatory and investor updates to watch in light of Cooley’s Post-IPO Governance Trends Report. We covered: Listen here: Show notes: The views expressed during interviews are the speakers’ personal views and do not necessarily reflect those […]
CapitalXchange Audio – Whys and Hows of Annual Meetings of Shareholders
By Liz Dunshee For our latest CapitalXchange interview, I spoke with Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn about how newly public companies are navigating annual meetings of shareholders, based on Cooley’s Post-IPO Governance Trends Report. We covered: Listen here: Show notes: The views expressed during interviews are the speakers’ personal views […]
New Guide: Running a (Successful) Dual-Track Process
By Liz Dunshee With Q1 under our belts, I am revisiting some of the predictions I shared in December from the Berkeley Fall Forum on Corporate Governance. At that time, people were hoping that 2026 would be a year of stability for the political and macroeconomic environment. It hasn’t quite […]
Comparative Playbook: Navigating Conflicts in Delaware and Nevada
By Liz Dunshee Companies approaching or having recently completed an IPO often face increased scrutiny around transactions involving insiders, investor-appointed directors or controlling stockholders. To help boards and management teams navigate these issues, Courtney Tygesson and I put together a comparative playbook outlining how Delaware and Nevada law each address […]
Top Five Common S-1 Pitfalls – and How ‘Lazy Susan’ and IPO GO Can Help You Avoid Them
The banker bake-off is complete, the org meeting is behind you, and all that’s standing between you and your IPO is … well, a lot, not least of which is the registration statement on Form S-1 that has to be submitted to, filed with and declared effective by the Securities […]
Reincorporation: It’s All in the Timing
By Courtney Tygesson and Liz Dunshee For years, Delaware has been the default domicile for growing late-stage companies (and most companies generally, for that matter). For the reasons detailed in these CapitalXchange posts from June 2025 and September 2025, that may be changing. In the public company sphere, Analysis Group […]
Post-IPO Governance: What the Data Reveals About Life After Listing
Heading into an initial public offering (IPO), companies spend significant time considering board and committee composition, capital structures, shareholder rights and other governance matters. As we discussed in this September 2025 blog post, a strategic approach to corporate governance can help smooth the transition to being a public reporting company […]
CapitalXchange Audio – Strategic Reincorporations With Courtney Tygesson
By Liz Dunshee In our new series of CapitalXchange audio interviews, we share up-to-date insights from Cooley folks who are advising on emerging issues. In this episode, Cooley partner Courtney Tygesson and I dive into what’s happening with Delaware, Nevada, and Texas. Courtney covers: Show notes The views expressed during […]