Hybrid | March 5-6, 2026
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Join us at the Practising Law Institute’s Private Placements and Hybrid Securities Offerings 2026 conference.
This annual event provides an overview of the legal framework applicable to exempt offerings, this year focusing on SEC staff guidance on private placements and exempt offerings. The second half of the program focuses
On January 23, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) issued not one, but two, sets of changes to their Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”). In this second set of CDIs, the Staff updated and removed certain guidance to reflect current rules and regulations, notably Securities Act Rule 152, which
In December 2025, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) published its 2026 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”). The Report includes a focused discussion of private placements, highlighting areas that continue to draw attention from FINRA’s Member Supervision, Market Oversight and Enforcement teams.
FINRA reiterates that recommendations of private placements to retail investors trigger
On this blog, we have commented quite a number of times regarding a number of trends affecting our capital markets—many of which have been a factor since the early 2000s and which have become more pronounced since the adoption of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related reforms. For example, we have noted the decline in the
April 16, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. EDT | Registration starts at 8 a.m.
Mayer Brown LLP 14th Floor, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
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Join us for the first in a series of three “What’s the Deal?” seminars relating to private placements. In this first session, we
Join us at the Practising Law Institute’s Private Placements and Hybrid Securities Offerings 2025 conference.
This annual conference provides an overview of the legal framework applicable to private and exempt offerings, covering the basics of private placements, resales of restricted securities, Rule 701, Rule 144, Section 4(a)(1-1/2) transactions and block trades, and private secondary transactions.