Tag: corporate governance
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 […]
CapitalXchange Audio – Using Your Post-IPO Proxy Statement as a Communication Tool
By Liz Dunshee For our latest CapitalXchange interview, I spoke with Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn about proxy disclosure trends noted in 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 of […]
CapitalXchange Audio – What to Know as Your Institutional Investor Base Grows
By Liz Dunshee For our latest CapitalXchange interview, I spoke with Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn about investor issues gleaned from 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 of Cooley […]
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 […]
CapitalXchange Audio – Post-IPO Changes to Governance Structures and Board Composition
By Liz Dunshee For our latest CapitalXchange interview, I spoke with Cooley lawyers Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn about 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 of Cooley or any […]
CapitalXchange Audio – Unlocking Data on Post-IPO Governance Trends
By Liz Dunshee For our latest CapitalXchange interview, I spoke with Cooley lawyers Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn about 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 of Cooley or any […]
California’s Proposed ‘Billionaire Tax’: Nine Things to Know
By Liz Dunshee A proposed California ballot initiative – “The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act” (also known as Initiative 25-0024) – has been getting a lot of attention, and it could have implications for business valuations, capital structures and other decisions in the coming year. Here are nine things to know: […]
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 […]