2022 IPO Report

2022 IPO Report

Publication

The 2022 IPO Report offers a detailed IPO market review and outlook, including regional breakdowns, plus useful market metrics and articles on topics of interest for pre-IPO companies, including the following:

  • The expanding list of board composition rules and considerations that companies must navigate when going public, emanating from securities regulators, stock exchanges, proxy advisory firms, institutional investors, state legislatures and others, in support of efforts to increase board diversity.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic’s transformation of the IPO process.
  • Crafting effective risk factors in the IPO prospectus.
  • Tips for conducting effective Form S-1 drafting sessions.
  • How due diligence in the IPO process can enhance disclosure and help protect against liability.
  • Why the lead-up to an IPO is a good time to focus on estate planning.
  • Things to consider before including “flash results” in your IPO prospectus.
  • Lockup basics and recent trends.
  • What it means to be treated as a company “officer” under various definitions.
  • The principal disclosures directors, officers and stockholders must make in an IPO.

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