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D&O Insurance for Foreign IPOs: A 2025 Step-by-Step Guide

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Private to Public Timeline - Click/tap an area of the timeline to learn more about the D&O insurance process for companies going public. While the timeline below is specific to IPO companies, the milestones are relevant to...more

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SEC Expands Accommodations for Nonpublic Review of Most Securities Act and Exchange Act Registration Statements

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) expanded the accommodations for the confidential submission and review of registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) or...more

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2024 Going Public: US IPO Report

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Following headwinds and underwhelming performance in 2022 and 2023, the IPO market in 2024 showed signs of stabilization. While the market continued to lag behind on a proceeds basis due to a larger number of smaller IPOs...more

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SEC Expands Confidential Review Process for Draft Registration Statements

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) announced updates to its confidential submission process for draft registration statements, broadening the scope of issuers eligible for non-public...more

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SEC Expands Availability of Confidential Review Process to Encourage Flexibility in Capital Formation

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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff issued guidance that expands the existing accommodations available to companies to submit draft registration statements to the SEC for confidential,...more

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SEC Announces Expansion of Availability of Confidential Submissions for Issuers

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The SEC announced the expansion of the availability of confidential submission of draft registration statements for various new registrations, including initial registration of securities on Form 10; initial registration of...more

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Emerging Market Trends for FPIs: Insights from the ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting

During the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Fall Meeting, the International Securities Matter Subcommittee of the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee discussed recent market trends affecting foreign...more

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

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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

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FPIs in SPAC Land - Considerations for Foreign Private Issuers in Connection With SPACs

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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies that are Foreign Private Issuers or acquire Foreign Private Issuers should be mindful of new SEC rules, especially SEC Guidance on timing of Foreign Private Issuer status. Originally...more

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Beyond Borders: A Playbook to Empower Tech Legal Leaders – Foreign Private Issuer Insights

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In the ever-evolving landscape of global business, tech companies are not confined by geographical boundaries – they are pioneering the path beyond borders. As in-house teams navigate the intricate realm of international...more

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The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2024 Edition

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This Summary does not contain all of the information that you will need to successfully complete your global IPO. You really should read this entire guide as well as the other Latham & Watkins publications referred to in this...more

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2023 Going Public: U.S. IPO Report

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Following a lackluster 2022, the IPO market continued to flounder during 2023, partially attributable to ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical uncertainty, including sustained high interest rates, the banking...more

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Smackdown in SPAC Town: SEC Penalizes Pair of Auditors and PCAOB Tags In

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The SEC did not take time off for the summer when it comes to enforcement activity involving auditors of special purpose acquisition companies (known as SPACs and addressed by us previously). While others may have been...more

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D&O Insurance Guide for Foreign IPOs and Direct Listings, 2023 Edition

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Non-US companies are attracted to going public on a US exchange for a variety of reasons, such as access to capital, increased liquidity, and in some cases, more flexible rules and regulations compared to other markets....more

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The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2023 Edition

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This is our global initial public offering guide. It will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States under...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2022 Edition

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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

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FPI Board Diversity

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Does Board Diversity Mean the Same Thing Worldwide? Now that Nasdaq’s board diversity matrix disclosure deadline has arrived, foreign private issuers (FPIs) and companies considering US initial public offerings are...more

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D&O Insurance for Foreign IPOs and Direct Listings

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Becoming a public company is a big undertaking for any private company; there is added complexity for foreign filers, which is to say private issuers incorporated under the laws of a country other than the United States. One...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2021 Edition

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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

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US IPO Guide - 2021 Edition

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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

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The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2021 Edition

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This is our global initial public offering guide. It will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States under...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Streamlines Financial Disclosure Requirements under Regulation S-K for Reporting Companies

The amendments are designed to increase focus on material information while simplifying compliance efforts. The amendments eliminate the five-year selected financial data requirement, limit selected quarterly financial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Key Considerations for Non-US Companies Listing in the US

The United States continues to be the destination of choice for many non-U.S. companies looking to go public. Active trading, superior liquidity, attractive valuations for growth companies and a deep pool of sophisticated...more

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Proposed IRS 162(M) Regulations Effect Executive Compensation Arrangements

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently proposed Regulation 122180-18 (the “Proposed Regulations”) to implement the amendments found in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”)1 to Section 162(m) of the Internal...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2019 Edition

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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

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