Ropes & Gray’s PEP Talk: General Solicitation by Private Equity Funds Under 506(c)
Preserving Deferred Tax Assets in a Capital Raise
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted to adopt final amendments (the Amendments) to “simplify, harmonize, and improve certain aspects of the exempt offering framework.” The Securities Act...more
On November 2, the SEC adopted amendments designed to harmonize and simplify the existing, complicated framework of private offering exemptions—the primary method by which private companies raise capital. The amendments...more
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended several rules to harmonize requirements for exempt offerings, which will be effective in 2021 (60 days after publication in the Federal Register). The...more
Yesterday, the SEC adopted, by a vote of three to two, amendments designed to harmonize and simplify the patchwork universe of private offering exemptions. The final amendments were informed by feedback received from the...more
On October 7, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed granting exemptive relief from the broker registration requirement in Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 on October 7, 2020 to publish for comment a proposed conditional exemption (Proposed Exemption), which would allow a natural person to act as a “finder” to connect accredited...more
Finders seeking to assist companies in raising capital are required to navigate an often cloudy path to determine whether the finder's activities and any compensation the finder would receive for its services would run afoul...more
On October 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (”SEC”) proposed a new limited, conditional exemption from broker-dealer registration requirements of Section 15(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as...more
On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted 3-2 to propose a conditional exemption (“Exemption”) to permit natural persons to engage in limited securities activities as “finders” on behalf of...more
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), was promoted as a new piece of legislation creating groundbreaking additional pathways to funding for companies, which was especially highlighted by the 2008...more
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed broad changes to the current private offering framework. Recognizing the growing market for private investments, this is the latest in a series of recent...more
The title of yesterday’s post may have been a bit recondite for some readers as I never directly mentioned negotiating permits in the post. Therefore, today’s post will back up a bit and fill in some of the missing pieces....more
On June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives passed, by a 233-186 party-line vote (with all Democrats and one Republican voting against), the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, a bill principally designed to reverse many features...more
On March 23, 2016, three bills affecting access to capital markets were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 4850: Micro Offering Safe Harbor - Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota introduced this...more
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on September 9, 2014 issued a letter granting exemptive relief from provisions in CFTC Regulations...more
The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a no-action letter on September 9, 2014 (available here) that permits certain commodity pool operators (CPOs) to conduct general solicitation in private...more
On December 18, 2013, the SEC published its proposal to modify Regulation A. The SEC is proposing to expand Regulation A into two tiers: Tier 1, for offerings of up to $5 million; and Tier 2, for offerings of up to $50...more