Tag: SEC
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 […]
The SEC’s Semiannual Reporting Proposal: Key Takeaways for Companies
By Liz Dunshee The SEC has issued its long-awaited proposal to permit semiannual reporting for US public companies. In this Cooley alert, we share a summary of how the rules would work if adopted as proposed. We also flag open questions that the SEC’s final release may address and issues […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Going Public? Know These Seven SEC Priorities for 2026
By Liz Dunshee, Reid Hooper and Tejal Shah As companies gear up for 2026, what happens at the SEC could smooth the path for public capital raising efforts. However, with “lessons learned” from the government-wide shutdown still fresh in our memories – and becoming relevant again as soon as January […]
Capital Markets Crystal Ball: Predictions for 2026
By Liz Dunshee With New Year’s Day approaching, now is an exciting time to imagine what lies ahead for the capital markets. Q1 is typically quiet, but if you’re considering an initial public offering in 2026, keep an eye out for these key signs of a healthy market, drawn from […]