2020 IPO Report

2020 IPO Report

Publication

The 2020 IPO Report offers a detailed IPO market review and outlook, plus useful market metrics and articles on topics of interest for pre-IPO companies, including:

  • Minimizing the risks of “friends and family” programs in an IPO
  • The pros and cons of employee stock purchase plans
  • Navigating “test-the-waters” communications
  • The impact of the landmark Salzberg decision on IPO-related securities lawsuits 
  • How crowdfunding, Regulation A and Regulation D registration exemptions have expanded the pre-IPO financing toolkit
  • The ingredients of an effective insider trading policy
  • Key features of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans
  • The significance of board oversight in the wake of recent cases involving Caremark claims
  • The latest SEC guidance on audit committee best practices

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