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The SEC's Office of Mergers and Acquisitions has issued a new exemptive order allowing tender and exchange offers for non-convertible debt securities to remain open for just five business days instead of the standard 20-day period. This order liberalizes the previous framework by permitting partial offers with proration, narrowing consent solicitation prohibitions, and expanding eligible participants. What are the key conditions that must be met for issuers to take advantage of this abbreviated timeline, an

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed sweeping amendments to its rules governing registered offerings that could fundamentally reshape public capital raising for small- and mid-cap companies.

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), which is intended to improve access to the public capital markets for a new category of issuer, the "emerging growth company" (an EGC).

On April 15, 2026, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) filed a proposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2026-033) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) to increase initial listing requirements...

For a number of reasons, certain London-listed companies have been considering, and in some cases implementing, U.S. listings, whether as an additional listing or by way of a unilateral move away from London.

The SEC's 2026 regulatory agenda signals potential reforms to Foreign Private Issuer eligibility requirements, while Nasdaq's expansion to 23-hour trading creates new disclosure timing challenges that may not align with EDGAR's limited operating hours. These developments, combined with a stayed $5 million market value delisting requirement, present material compliance and strategic considerations for companies navigating U.S. capital markets.

The "dual-track process," broadly defined, means that a company planning on an exit transaction has chosen to go down the path of conducting an initial public offering while also pursuing a possible M&A exit.

The SEC has given the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) clearance to allow companies to raise capital in connection with a direct listing on the NYSE.

On July 1, the SEC proposed rules requiring national security exchanges (such as NYSE and Nasdaq) to establish listing standards requiring publicly traded companies to adopt, comply with and disclose written clawback policies.

As we reported in January 2015, 2014 was a banner year for venture capital on all fronts, from fundraising, to investment and exits...

This is a reminder that annual information statements must be delivered to all employees that exercised incentive stock options (“ISOs”) during the last calendar year. An employer is required to deliver an information statement to each employee (who exercised an ISO) no later than January 31 of the calendar year following the year in which the ISO was exercised.

The New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ," together with the NYSE, the "Exchanges") have proposed changes to their respective listing standards to implement the final rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 20, 2012 regarding compensation committee and compensation committee adviser requirements pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Final Rules").

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finalized independence rules for compensation committees of public companies and their advisers.

As the SEC pursues sweeping deregulatory reforms under Chairman Paul Atkins—including potential shifts to semiannual reporting and reduced executive compensation disclosures—institutional and activist investors...

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved final rules required by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, eliminating the prohibition against "general solicitation and general advertising" in certain securities offerings conducted pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Like many techniques developed in the boom market conditions, dual track IPOs are making a comeback in a new guise in the slowly recovering but still turbulent equity markets.

A U.S. listing on Nasdaq or the NYSE can provide access to a second capital market while preserving access to the company’s home-country market. The access is real — but liquidity and credibility are earned inside that market, not granted by the listing.

On June 20, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted rules to implement the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd-Frank Act") that affect the composition of compensation committees, the use of compensation advisers by companies listed on national securities exchanges, and disclosure provided by companies regarding their use of compensation consultants.