Category: Resource
Nasdaq 23/5 Trading: What Changes for Corporate Actions – and What Doesn’t
By Liz Dunshee Nasdaq currently expects to begin 23/5 trading on December 6, 2026, subject to industry readiness and completion of related rule changes. The Governance Beat has a useful overview of Nasdaq’s FAQs on global trading hours. This post addresses a narrower question for Nasdaq-listed companies: Will Nasdaq’s expanded […]
Choosing Your Corporate Home: A Trade-Off Guide for Founder-Led Tech Companies
By Kealan Santistevan, Michael Mencher and Liz Dunshee This post is the first in a series updating our February 2026 comparative playbook on conflicted transactions in Delaware and Nevada. The original playbook explained how each state handles transactions involving insiders, investor-appointed directors and controlling stockholders – and outlined process steps […]
Nasdaq’s New Initial Listing Criteria for “China-Based Issuers”: Threshold Questions and Deal Considerations
By Liz Dunshee In my January overview of Nasdaq’s market-quality proposals, I flagged proposed heightened initial listing standards for companies based in China, Hong Kong and Macau, which Nasdaq refers to as “China-based Issuers.” The SEC approved the revised rule on May 14, 2026, and Nasdaq Rule 5210(l) became operative […]
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 […]