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IPO
617 published works
Reinventing Professionals
Going Public in the Pandemic
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Johannes Stiehler, the CEO of ayfie Group, an Oslo-based company that provides technology for collecting and processing data from different silos using linguistic technology. We discussed the…
Litigation Finance Journal
Review Complete on Burford’s NYSE Registration Statement; October 19th IPO Targeted
By John Freund
Leading global funder Burford Capital has been in the process of securing a dual listing, despite a short-selling attack earlier this year. After months of waiting, the SEC has completed…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Amidst a global pandemic, why are so many companies rushing to go public via the SPAC, despite…
By Louis Lehot
Amidst a global pandemic, why are so many companies rushing to go public via the SPAC, despite producing lower returns for investors?By Louis Lehot, the founder of L2 Counsel, P.C.…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Categorizing Companies as Unicorns Affects Their IPOs
By Badryah Alhusaini, Bradley E. Hendricks, Wayne R. Landsman
Managers, investors, the financial press, and other capital market participants often use categories to describe firms or their securities. Common examples include “bellwether,” “blue chip,” “tech,” “penny,” and “start-up.” Although…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Morrison & Foerster Discusses Investor Exits: U.S. Direct Listing Rules in Flux
By Amit Kataria, Brian Snyder, John Owen
Amid intense focus on investor liquidity (and paths to potential liquidity) in private companies, we provide an update on developments around direct listings as an alternative to traditional IPOs in…
Overheard on the Block(chain)
Gibraltar-Based INX Ltd. Launches SEC-Registered Security Token IPO
By Barbara A. Jones, Rebecca G. DiStefano
Gibraltar-based INX Ltd. (the Company) launched its U.S. initial public offering of INX security tokens (INX Tokens) on August 20, 2020, over two years after the July 2018 confidential filing…
The Blockchain Monitor
IPO Using ERC20 Tokens Approved, Report Details APAC Bitcoin Trading Data, Quorum Is Sold/Acquired, Blockchain Initiatives for Coffee and NASA, Crypto Crimes Continue
By Robert A. Musiala, Veronica Reynolds, Joanna F. Wasick
In this issue: • Blockchain Used in IPO and ATS, Bitcoin Fund Announced, APAC Trade Data Published • Quorum Acquisition Announced, Blockchain Initiatives Launch for Coffee and NASA • Crypto…
China Law Insight
金杜应邀出席创业板注册制首批企业上市仪式
By King & Wood
8月24日上午，深圳交易所举行创业板注册制首批公司上市仪式，首批18家企业同时挂牌交易。创业板改革并试点注册制是习近平总书记亲自研究、亲自部署的资本市场重大改革举措，是党中央交办的重要任务，也是全面深化资本市场改革的重要安排。创业板改革并试点注册制的落地实施，对于我国多层次资本市场体系的进一步建设，提升资本市场服务实体经济能力，更好地支持粤港澳大湾区和中国特色社会主义先行示范区建设均具有重要意义。
Down the Wire
UK IPO Trendwatch – the Outlook for Autumn 2020
By Nina Driver
Deal volumes over the past 18 months Looking back at IPO volumes in 2019 compared to 2018, we saw a 51% decrease in the aggregate number of IPOs across both…
China Law Insight
疏解知识产权纠纷，助力西安高新技术企业成功上市
By King & Wood
近年来，知识产权法律风险逐渐成为证监会上市审核中关注的重点问题，尤其对科技型企业和其他主营业务涉及大量知识产权客体的企业而言，知识产权法律风险往往成为证监会上市审核的重中之重，甚至最终直接决定企业能否如期上市。据统计，有71%的拟上市企业被证监会发现并询问与知识产权法律风险有关的问题。正因如此，越来越多的拟上市企业在公布上市信息后即被竞争对手以侵犯知识产权为由诉至法院，导致涉诉的拟上市企业的上市申请程序被迫推迟或中止，甚至最终不得不撤回上市申请，暂时终止上市进程。由于目前我国知识产权诉讼周期较长、审理程序复杂等特点，其已逐渐成为同行业竞争者阻却企业上市的常用手段之一。这种手段往往会严重损害拟上市企业的合法权益，扰乱公平有序的市场竞争秩序，不利于促进构建合法、良性的竞争关系，产生恶劣的社会效果。