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IPO
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New York Venture Hub
Weak First Quarter for U.S. Venture-Backed IPOs
The market for venture backed IPOs in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2015 was the weakest in two years, both in terms of number of deals and aggregate…
GT Israel Law Blog
Greenberg Traurig Maher Assists Tel Aviv-based Adgorithms Ltd. in $125 million London IPO
By Greenberg Traurig, Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) represented Liberum, Adgorithms’ nominated adviser and broker, on its $125 million IPO on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for growing companies. The team was…
Venture Law Blog
A Change for the Better? The Arguments For and Against a Venture Exchange
By Elizabeth Thompson, John Hempill
With a total of 284 U.S. operating company IPOs in 2014, the U.S. securities market might appear to be on an upswing – after all, this was its biggest year…
The D&O Diary
What’s Up with IPOs?
It has been three years since Congress passed the JOBS Act in the hope that aiding “Emerging Growth Companies” would help create jobs. Among other things, the Act’s IPO on-ramp…
The D&O Diary
IPO-Related Securities Suit Filings Surge – in State Court?
A probable accompaniment of the increased IPO activity during 2013 and 2014 is an increase in IPO-related litigation, as I have previously noted. There has already been one high-profile IPO-related…
The D&O Diary
Chinese Internet Giant Alibaba Gets Hit with IPO-Related U.S. Securities Class Action Lawsuit
The year just completed was a banner year for IPOs in the U.S., with more companies completing their initial public offerings on U.S. exchanges in 2014 than in any year…
The D&O Diary
Exceptional 2014 U.S. IPO Activity Strongest in More Than a Decade
2014 was a very strong year for IPOs globally, but in the U.S., where there were more IPOs this year than any year since 2000, this was an “exceptional” year,…
The Securities Edge
From the same wonderful folks who brought you conflict minerals (among other things)
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal has written to SEC Chair White urging that the SEC label so-called “fee-shifting” bylaws major risk factors and require companies to disclose them before any initial…
Corporate Defense and Disputes
Second Circuit Extends Scope of Federal Jurisdiction In Litigation Arising From The Facebook IPO
In a recent case arising from the Facebook IPO, NASDAQ OMX Group v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 13-Civ. 2657 (2d Cir. October 31, 2014), the Second Circuit determined that the…
The Securities Edge
Video interview: Discussing the Alibaba IPO with LXBN TV
Following up on my recent post on the subject, I had the opportunity to discuss Alibaba's record-breaking IPO with Colin O'Keefe of LXBN. In the interview, I share my thoughts…