US IPO markets entered 2025 well positioned for a promising year as stabilizing interest rates, a business-friendly US administration and the pressing need for private equity firms to exit portfolio companies laid the...more
On February 11, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance ("Staff") of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") issued new and updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on...more
3/12/2025
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On February 12, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued new guidance that should provide additional leeway for public companies to exclude...more
US IPO markets have been lackluster during the past 24 months, but, as interest rates stabilize and stock valuations recover, the backdrop for US IPOs in 2024 is improving -
Despite high interest rates and geopolitical...more
4/18/2024
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Resetting expectations -
It was clear in the opening months of 2022 that the winds had changed for the global IPO market as compared to the prior year, a rocky path that continued throughout the year and into the first...more
4/28/2023
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As economic and regulatory headwinds gather, SPACs must adapt in order to position themselves for a comeback -
The 2022 US SPAC IPO market was a shadow of its former self. There were 86 SPAC listings on US exchanges,...more
Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more
1/30/2023
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On March 30, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in a three-to-one vote of its commissioners divided along political lines, approved the issuance of proposed rules regarding special purpose...more
A combination of SPACs, pent-up demand from pandemic-shocked 2020 and a wave of technology listings drove the IPO market to record highs -
The global IPO market made up for lost time in 2021. After a slow 2019 and a...more
On August 17, 2021, a purported shareholder of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. ("PSTH") filed a derivative lawsuit against PSTH, a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") sponsored by investment funds managed by...more