Thursday, October 24, 2019
3:00PM-6:00PM
Please join Mayer Brown at IFR’s US ECM Roundtable 2019. Now in its eighth year, the event will bring together a panel of the most senior ECM practitioners to assess the current state of the market, discuss the latest trends and developments and provide an outlook for the remainder of…
This Lexis Practice Advisor® market trends article identifies disclosures related to U.S. Tariff Policies that offer more detailed discussions on the actual and potential effects for the particular registrants and concludes with recommendations on how to enhance disclosures relating to the effects of U.S. Tariff Policies. The company name, its industry, and the type of…
This Lexis Practice Advisor® market trends article identifies comprehensive disclosures related to cybersecurity risks, including discussions about the potential reputational, financial, or operational harm resulting from cybersecurity breaches; the potential associated litigation or regulatory costs; and their policies and procedures addressing cybersecurity incidents, and concludes with practical advice on preparing the required disclosures regarding cybersecurity…
This Lexis Practice Advisor® market trends article identifies Brexit-related disclosures that offer detailed discussions of its effects, including how Brexit might impact the company, its employees, management, operations, and prospects. The company name, its industry, and the type of filing are also provided in each sample disclosure for reference. This article concludes with recommendations on…
A recent research piece published by UBS Financial Services discusses the significant variations in IPO winners and losers. The report notes that after five years about 60% of all IPOs had negative returns. Variation in long-term performance appears to be correlated with specific IPO characteristics. Companies with revenues in excess of $1 billion and those…
A partnership (or LLC) can go public in a highly tax-efficient manner by using an “Up-C” structure. An Up-C structure is composed of two entities: (1) a parent company, a C corporation (“PubCo”) which will be organized as a holding company, and (2) PubCo’s subsidiary, which is the partnership or LLC. The Up-C structure makes…
It has been a slow start for the U.S. IPO market in 2019. Citing the effects of the longest U.S. government shutdown ever recorded, EY’s Global IPO Trends report noted that only 20 companies went public on U.S. exchanges, raising approximately $3 billion in proceeds. This was a 57% drop in number of IPOs, and…
In a recent article, Edward Knight, the global chief legal and policy officer at Nasdaq Inc., offered his own views on reforms that would contribute to greater resiliency for the US capital markets. Knight suggests that greater retail participation in the stock markets should be encouraged. He looks to Sweden’s investment savings accounts, which provide…
Global REIT IPOs decreased dramatically – down 47 percent – from 49 REIT IPOs in 2017 to 26 REIT IPOs in 2018. This decrease reflects a difficult capital-raising market, with pressures from rising interest rates and a softening real estate market in the United States, and signals changes in future REIT fundraising activities.
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Last week, Intelligize published The Unicorn IPO Report, which analyzes IPOs from 2016 through 2018. In 2016, the report notes that the AppDynamics IPO was days away from completion prior to its acquisition by Cisco for $3.7 billion. There were 13 unicorn IPOs in 2017 and 20 in 2018. Despite the increase in number…
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