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Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Louis Lehot Quoted on Prospects of IPO Resurgence
By Louis Lehot
After years of uncertainty in the IPO market, we’re finally seeing selective signs of strength.As I shared with MarketWatch, many of my clients, as well as a number of prominent…
Free Writings + Perspectives
No Exit: Other Reasons to Stay Private
By Nicole Veru
In No Exit, a recent paper, authors Brian J. Broughman, Matthew T. Wansley, and Samuel N. Weistein, describe how increased antitrust restrictions caused a decline in M&A exits by startups. …
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Is an IPO Window Opening for H2 2025?
By Louis Lehot
Executive SummaryThe IPO market is showing encouraging signs of recovery in 2025, with 201 companies going public year-to-date compared to 225 for all of 2024. While deal volumes are increasing…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SPACs Create Value, but Agency Costs Loom
By Felix Feng, Tom Nohel, Xuan Tian, Wenyu Wang, Yufeng Wu
Once heralded as the “hottest thing in finance,”[1] special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs accounted for more than 60 percent of all IPO activity in 2021[2]. But the SPAC market…
Across The Board
SEC Roundtables on the IPO On-Ramp and Small Cap Framework
The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently hosted policy roundtables reexamining the IPO on-ramp and reassessing the framework for small public companies. Mayer Brown Partner…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
The Rise of the Boomerang IPO: Why Some Companies Are Reversing Course — Twice
By Louis Lehot
The Rise of the Boomerang IPO: Why Some Companies Are Reversing Course — TwiceIn the evolving world of tech and finance, the march to growth never seems to follow a straight line.…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Paul Weiss Discusses Dismissal of Section 11 Suit on Traceability Grounds
By David P. Friedman, Daniel S. Sinnreich, Emily M. Miller
On June 23, 2025, the District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a Section 11 claim where non-executive employees of the issuer were permitted to sell a portion…
Market Edge
IPO readiness considerations
Blue Edge Growth Advisors, a DLA Piper Company Some entrepreneurs wait until what they believe may be the “perfect time” to monetize their business investment through the public markets. Advisors…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Early Investor Feedback Improves IPO Pricing
By Anantha Divakaruni, Howard Jones, Emmanuel Pezier
The under-pricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) has puzzled researchers for decades. First-day returns average around 15 percent, translating into billions of dollars left on the table by issuers and…
Market Edge
Opportunities for IPOs in India’s capital markets
By Rajeev Dewan, Josh Kaufman, Ishita Kashyap
India’s capital markets have experienced a significant surge in initial public offering (IPO) activity in 2024, positioning the country as a global leader in public offerings. With 327 IPOs raising…