JOBS Act, Publicly-Traded Companies

The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2024 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/11/2024

Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2022 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/3/2022

The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

SEC Amends Definition of Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/18/2020

On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted amendments to the “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” definitions in the Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,...more

SEC Proposes Amendments to MD&A

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 1/31/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday voted to propose amendments to the Regulation S-K requirements for Management’s Discussion and Analysis, or MD&A, and also issued agency guidance relating to MD&A. ...more

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What Non-US Issuers Need to Know - 2020 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/13/2020

The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2020 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/13/2020

The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

SEC Adopts Rule Allowing All Issuers to "Test the Waters"

Dechert LLP on 10/9/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 26, 2019 voted to adopt a new rule that extends the "test-the-waters" accommodation under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) to all issuers.1 The new Rule...more

Legal Update: Testing the Waters for All – New Rule 163B Expands TTW to All Issuers

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 9/30/2019

On September 26, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by adopting the highly anticipated new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)....more

Regulation S-K Business and Risk Factor Changes?

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 8/5/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an open meeting for August 8th to consider whether to propose rule amendments to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures required...more

US IPO Guide - 2019 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/5/2019

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

Impact of “Test-the-Waters” Reform Debated

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/30/2019

As we previously noted, in February, the SEC proposed expanding its “test-the-waters” accommodation from emerging growth companies (EGCs) only to all issuers via a new Rule 163B and related amendments. This accommodation...more

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2019 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/9/2019

The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Asia Edition - July 2018

A&O Shearman on 8/1/2018

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal Asian, US, European and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to Asian corporates and financial institutions. ...more

Capital Markets Alert – Public Market Advocacy Groups Release Guidance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/10/2018

On April 27, 2018, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nasdaq, along with certain technology and biotechnology groups, released a policy paper titled “Expanding...more

Guide to Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings by Non-US Issuers 2018

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/5/2018

The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

Corporate Finance Alert: House Passes Bipartisan Legislation Intended to Ease Capital Formation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/7/2017

On November 1, 2017, the House of Representatives passed two bills intended to ease regulatory burdens on capital formation. The bills would amend the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) to extend the “testing the waters”...more

Securities Act and Exchange Act Form Revisions

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 4/18/2017

In 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act created a new category of companies known as “emerging growth companies (EGCs).” The JOBS Act also requires that, once every five years, the SEC indexes various EGC...more

US IPO Guide 2016 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/11/2016

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

Blog: The Financial CHOICE Act Would Dismantle A Whole Lot More In Dodd-Frank Than Just Financial Regulation

Cooley LLP on 6/16/2016

by Cydney Posner There has been a fair amount of press regarding the Financial CHOICE Act, a new bill sponsored by Jeb Hensarling, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee. The actual bill has not yet been released,...more

Reinventing Public Company Disclosure: SEC Requests Public Comment on Regulation S-K

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/26/2016

On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release discussing and requesting public comment on the business and financial disclosure required by Regulation S-K. The concept release...more

Proskauer's 2016 IPO Study

Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/8/2016

Proskauer's Global Capital Markets Group presents the third annual IPO Study, a comprehensive analysis of U.S.-listed initial public offerings in 2015 and identification of three-year comparisons and trends of U.S.-listed...more

JOBS Act Quick Start – A Brief Overview of the JOBS Act, 2016 Update

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 2/1/2016

Many market participants were taken by surprise by the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The JOBS Act, HR 3606, was passed by the United States House of Representatives on March 8, 2012. On March...more

US IPO Guide - 2015 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/11/2015

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

They've Arrived: Long-Awaited Federal Crowdfunding Rules Adopted by SEC

Baker Donelson on 11/2/2015

On October 30, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted three to one to adopt equity crowdfunding rules pursuant to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act of 2012 (JOBS Act)....more

States Challenge SEC Regulation A+

Carlton Fields on 10/2/2015

Massachusetts and Montana have taken the highly unusual step of suing the SEC over a recent amendment to Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933. The SEC adopted "Regulation A+" (as the amended regulation is...more

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