Category: Trends
Choosing a Corporate Home: What We Learned From the 2026 Proxy Season
By Kealan Santistevan, Michael Mencher, Liz Dunshee and Vince Flynn This is the second post in our series on choosing where to incorporate. Part 1 looked at the trade-offs among Delaware, Nevada and Texas for founder-led technology companies. This post provides a bigger picture look at how market practice is […]
Capital Formation: What New SEC Data Reveals About IPOs and Follow-Ons
By Liz Dunshee Back in February, we looked at SEC data on small and pre-public companies and noted that IPOs were reemerging as an option after several lean years. The SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis has now released a fresh set of capital formation statistics covering the first […]
Exchange Listings: Rule and Infrastructure Watchlist for Late-Stage and Public Companies
By Liz Dunshee Back in January, I wrote about Nasdaq’s “life-changing magic of tidying up” as the exchange tightened several initial and continued listing standards. Since then, some proposals became rules, one significant continued-listing rule is on hold, and NYSE and NYSE American have made a few changes too. These […]
Securities Class Action Trends: AI Filings Surge, Alleged Losses and Settlement Values Climb
By Liz Dunshee Here’s the intro from a recent Securities Litigation + Enforcement alert penned by our Cooley colleagues Tijana Brien, Brett De Jarnette, Brian French and Bingxin Wu: Two leading consulting and expert firms – Cornerstone Research and the National Economic Research Associates (NERA) – recently released reports on securities class action filings […]
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 […]
Cooley Market Talks – The Technology Outlook: H2 2026 and Beyond
By Liz Dunshee Public capital markets are back in the strategic conversation for technology companies. The change is not limited to better IPO windows. Companies have a broader set of financing choices, investors are showing an appetite for large growth stories, and a credible public market path can give boards […]
No Pause: Lessons from Concurrent Transactions on the IPO Path
By Liz Dunshee When a late-stage company decides to pursue an IPO, the conventional expectation is that other major transactions – such as acquisitions and financings – either precede or follow. But in some cases, the market and business circumstances demand otherwise. This case study on HawkEye 360’s fast-paced path […]
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 […]
Cooley Market Talks – AI and the New Capital Dynamic: IPOs, M&A and What Comes Next
By Liz Dunshee How AI is changing market dynamics With AI transforming capital-raising dynamics and M&A strategies, our clients are navigating a dynamic moment. Yesterday, Cooley Partners Jamie Leigh and Dave Peinsipp were joined by Nicole Irvin and Todd Ebe of Goldman Sachs to discuss how rapidly evolving risks and […]