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IPO
617 published works
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Regulating SPACs — Before It’s Too Late
Although it has been used in the past, the resurgence of the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) has been spectacular in the last two years. According to its promoters, a…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
What are SPACs, and how they are different from IPOs?
By Louis Lehot
By Louis Lehot, a business lawyer at Foley & Lardner in Silicon ValleyWhat you need to know about going public in 2021…One of the hottest investment trends in the past year is…
Life Sciences Legal Insights
IPO Life Sciences Outlook: COVID-19 Vaccine Innovation Could Boost IPO Numbers to Another Record High
The life sciences sector will likely be one of the major drivers in what some analysts predict as the beginning of the largest economic expansion in recent history. Fenwick’s 2021…
The Capital Commitment
The Ripples Behind the SPAC Wave
By Margaret A. Dale, Michael R. Hackett, Kirsten E. Lapham, William Komaroff, Timothy W. Mungovan, Dorothy Murray, Joshua M. Newville, Todd J. Ohlms, Seetha Ramachandran, Ana Vermal, Samuel J. Waldon, Jonathan M. Weiss, Anthony M. Drenzek, James Anderson, Alexandra V. Bargoot, William D. Dalsen, Adam L. Deming, David W. Heck, Hena M. Vora, Lucy C. Wolf
The past year saw a burst in popularity of SPACs. More than half of companies that went public in 2020 did so using a SPAC on their way to raising…
China Law Insight
百度于香港交易所主板第二上市
By King & Wood
2021年3月23日，百度集团股份有限公司（简称“百度”，股票代码：9888.HK）在香港联合交易所主板成功第二上市。百度本次全球发售的股份总数为95,000,000股（受限于超额配售情况），发行价格为252港元/股，全球发售募集资金净额约为236.82亿港元（受限于超额配售情况）。
Latham.London
Exploring IPOs with Dual Class Shares — Emerging Possibilities for PE
Dual class share structures could help lure Europe’s best founder-driven businesses to the London market, but challenges remain. By Sarah Axtell, Tad Freese, Chris Horton, Rick Kline, Anna Ngo, Koushik…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Lowdown on SPACs
By Minmo Gahng, Jay Ritter, Donghang Zhang
In 2020, the number of IPOs by a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) set records: A total of 248 SPAC IPOs raised over $75 billion. The boom continues in 2021:…
China Law Insight
金盘科技科创板上市
By King & Wood
2021年3月9日，海南金盘智能科技股份有限公司（简称“金盘科技”，股票代码：688676）首次公开发行A股股票并在上海证券交易所科创板上市交易。金盘科技本次公开发行新股4,257.00万股，发行价格为每股10.10元，募集资金总额为42,995.70万元。金盘科技为海南省首家科创板上市公司。
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Dentons establishes resource centre for going public in Canada
Free guide explores ways to go public, including via initial public offerings, reverse take-overs
China Law Insight
论A股IPO发行人股东特殊权利的终止时点
By King & Wood
随着A股注册制改革的不断推行，企业发行上市的审核周期大大缩短，换而言之，企业从完成股改到申报的时间以及从申报到完成上市的时间，均大幅度缩减。据不完全统计，注册制下的平均审核周期约为200多天，而核准制下的平均审核周期则达到500多天。在提高发行审核效率、促进A股资本市场繁荣的同时，上市速度的加快也使另外一个问题变得更为突出，即上市前投资人的特殊权利应何时终止为宜。由于终止的时间和终止的方式关系到多方利益，因此该问题越来越受到各方的关注。