Tag: Public Readiness
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 […]
Project Crypto’s Sleeper Storyline: Addressing Public Company Pain Points
By Liz Dunshee and Reid Hooper The previews are rolling for the SEC’s “Project Crypto”– and it looks like even non-crypto companies may benefit from what’s in store. Recent statements and remarks from SEC commissioners and staff suggest that upcoming rulemaking will be aimed at: Many of these efforts relate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is Your Registration Statement About to Get a Whole Lot Easier?
By Liz Dunshee Last week, SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced that the staff would be taking a comprehensive look at Regulation S-K, which drives most of the line item disclosure requirements that apply to public companies and companies looking to go public. To give you a sense of what a […]