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Dual Class Share Structures Venture Capital

Foley & Lardner LLP

Will the Downturn in IPOs and Valuations for Venture-Backed Technology Companies Lead to the Demise of Dual-Class Voting...

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History is often written by reference to “before” and “after.”  In this blog, we posit that “before” refers to the “bull market” that ended in January 2022, and “after” refers to everything that – happened, is happening, and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Dual-Class Stock IPOs

In their dataset and working paper, titled The Rise of Dual-Class Stock IPOs, Dhruv Aggarwal, Ofer Eldar, Yael Hochberg, and Lubomir P. Litov, find that the rise in the number of dual-class IPOs is tied to the increase in...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Dropbox IPO Multi-Class Structure: Bad Corporate Governance or Good Long Term Focus?

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Dual or multi-class capitalization structures generally allow companies to sell large amounts of shares to the public while maintaining control in the hands of the founders and early investors. Popularized by the Google IPO...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Food for Thought, part 5

Below, a continuation of our bibliography of thought-provoking articles on issues related to right-sizing regulation, staying private versus going public, and related topics...more

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