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Fenwick & West LLP

Acting SEC Chair Outlines Plan to Make IPOs More Attractive

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Acting SEC Chair Mark T. Uyeda outlined potential regulatory changes to make IPOs more attractive and to scale public company disclosures at the Florida Bar’s 41st Annual Federal Securities Institute and M&A Conference. ...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Expands Confidential Registration Statement Submission Process

On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the SEC Division of Corporate Finance announced an expansion of the accommodations that allow issuers to confidentially submit draft registration statements (DRSs) for nonpublic review. This is...more

WilmerHale

So You Went Public via a Reverse Merger? Are You a Shell Company?

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In recent years, a variety of alternative paths to public ownership and trading liquidity have emerged. The reverse merger is among one of the oldest alternatives to a conventional IPO for a private company seeking to become...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Enhanced Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s”) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it is expanding the accommodations available for issuers that submit draft registration statements for...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Expands Nonpublic Review Process for Draft Registration Statements

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On 3 March 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it is expanding the scope of availability for companies to submit draft registration statements for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it has expanded the accommodations available to companies for the nonpublic review of draft registration...more

ArentFox Schiff

SEC Expands Accommodations for Reviewing Nonpublic Registration Statements

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On March 3, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it is expanding the accommodations available to issuers submitting nonpublic draft registration statements for staff...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC Expands Confidential Filing Options for Companies Submitting Draft Registration Statements

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it has expanded its confidential filing process for certain draft registration statements submitted for nonpublic...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Expands Confidential Submission Options for Issuers to Facilitate Capital Raising

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On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced expanded accommodations for issuers submitting draft registration statements for nonpublic review. These enhancements are intended to facilitate...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Expands Confidential Review Accommodations for Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) announced that it enhanced certain existing accommodations under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced a new policy, with immediate effect, expanding the accommodations available for issuers that...more

A&O Shearman

SEC expands confidential review of registration statements

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The SEC recently announced new accommodations to expand the types of companies and registration statements eligible for confidential SEC review. In this post, we summarize key takeaways from the announcement, including what...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Expands Confidential Registration Statement Filing Process

The SEC announced that companies can now submit registration statements for confidential review before public filing in connection with most registered offerings. This expansion builds on the confidential filing process that...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Additional SEC Staff Accommodations for Confidential Submissions of Registration Statements

Yesterday, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new policy permitting confidential submission of registration statements in additional circumstances in order...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

It’s the little things.

The SEC is rapidly responding to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in ways big and small. For persons who are entering the SEC reporting system for the first time, which could be because they have been newly appointed an executive...more

White & Case LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure Requirements - And Provides Guidance on the Significantly Streamlined...

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On March 20, 2019, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers, and investment companies. The amended rules, which are based on amendments...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Effects of the SEC Shutdown on the Capital Markets

Although EDGAR continues to accept filings, the government shutdown has now eclipsed its 28th day and the SEC continues to operate with limited staff which is having a crippling effect on the ability of many companies to...more

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