Tag: IPO
Improving Public Company Disclosure Requirements: Cooley Weighs In
By Liz Dunshee, Brad Goldberg, Reid Hooper, Justin Kisner, Michael Mencher, Victoria Peluso, Beth Sasfai, Sarah Sellers, Amanda Weiss The SEC is rethinking multiple aspects of its rule book – in ways that could meaningfully improve IPOs and the public company experience. As part of this effort, Cooley recently submitted […]
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 […]
Debrief: SEC’s 45th Annual Small Business Forum
By Liz Dunshee and Reid Hooper Last week, the SEC held one of its most anticipated annual events – the Small Business Forum – which serves as both a status check and brainstorming session for capital formation issues affecting emerging and newly public companies. The forum gives business leaders, practitioners, […]
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 […]
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 […]
IPOs Rising: What SEC Data Says About Small and Pre-Public Companies
By Liz Dunshee The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB) recently published a data-packed report that spotlights the ways smaller companies are getting capital as they grow from startups to public companies and beyond. The report gives various snapshots from October 2024 through September 2025 […]
2026 Government Shutdown: What’s New, What’s Not
By Liz Dunshee On Saturday, January 31, funding lapsed for many government agencies – including the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unlike the government shutdown we experienced last fall, many folks expect the current shutdown to be short-lived – possibly ending this week. However, for companies trying to get to market, […]
Urgent: Pre-Shutdown Accommodation for Eligible IPO Issuers
By Liz Dunshee and Reid Hooper Our Cooley teams are working with clients to plan ahead for the looming government shutdown. For companies on the verge of the IPO, the staff has informally shared an important pre-shutdown accommodation that we didn’t have during the last go-round. The staff of the […]
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 […]