Tag: SEC
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 […]
Form S-1 After the IPO: SEC Clarifies Incorporation by Reference
By Liz Dunshee For companies that are ineligible to use Form S-3 – e.g., because they do not yet meet the seasoning requirement under current rules or are otherwise ineligible – Form S-1 remains part of the capital-raising toolkit. For example, newly public companies may use Form S-1 for a […]
Modernizing IPOs and Public Capital Raising: Cooley Weighs In
By Dave Peinsipp, Jon Avina, Rich Segal, Brad Goldberg, Milson Yu, Logan Tiari, Allie Anderson and Liz Dunshee As discussed in this June 2026 CapitalXchange blog, the SEC has proposed rule changes aimed at expanding access to the shelf registration framework and simplifying eligibility criteria. If the rule is adopted […]
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, […]