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A comfort letter is an important document delivered by an issuer’s independent accountants to underwriters or initial purchasers that provides certain assurances with respect to financial information included in the prospectus or offering memorandum used in a securities offering. Underwriting agreements and purchase

Underwriting agreements and purchase agreements typically require the delivery of one or more comfort letters as a condition to pricing and closing a securities offering. In this brief Practical Guidance video, Mayer Brown partner, Ryan Castillo, discusses practices pointers that can help in reviewing and negotiating comfort letters. Watch the full video.

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This practice note discusses 10 practice points that can help you, as counsel to underwriters or initial purchasers, skillfully navigate the task of reviewing and negotiating comfort letters. A comfort letter is a letter delivered by an issuer’s independent accountants to the underwriters or initial purchasers that provides certain assurances with respect to financial information

A comfort letter is a letter delivered by an issuer’s independent accountants to the underwriters or initial purchasers that provides certain assurances with respect to financial information included in a registration statement, prospectus or offering memorandum used for a securities offering. Underwriting agreements and purchase agreements typically require the delivery of one or more comfort