Virtual Event: PLI’s Pocket MBA 2020: Finance for Lawyers and Other...
Monday, September 21, 2020 and Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Register here. The PLI Pocket MBA is for attorneys representing clients in the financial industry. This two-day program is designed to improve...
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Update on the PIPE Market
Private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) transactions completed in 2020* have raised over $53.0 billion, in aggregate, in 1055 transactions. This is the largest sum of capital raised in PIPE...
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A Deep Dive Into Capital Raising Alternatives: IFLR’s New Book and Free Webinars
In the International Financial Law Review’s latest publication, A Deep Dive Into Capital Raising Alternatives, Mayer Brown provides context on the changes in market structure and market dynamics that...
View ArticlePrimary Direct Listings: A Hybrid Approach to a Traditional IPO Alternative
Shortly before the end of his tenure as Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Chair Jay Clayton presided over the SEC as it considered and approved the New York Stock Exchange’s...
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Global Corporate VC Trends in 2020
CB Insights summarized 2020 corporate venture capital (“CVC”) financing trends in 2020 in its recent report. Globally, CVC-led deals raised over $73.1 billion in 2020 in 3,359 transactions. While...
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What’s the Deal? Compendium
A compendium of our What’s the Deal? series, providing brief overviews of popular financing methodologies and securities issues and practice pointers, is now available for download here. The post...
View ArticleSEC Announces Dates for 40th Annual Small Business Forum
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it will hold its 40th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation virtually from May 24 – 27, 2021. The Forum, hosted by the...
View ArticleGlobal Fintech Venture Financing Trends in 2021 Q1
Global venture-backed fintech funding reached almost $23 billion in the first quarter of 2021, a 110% quarter-over-quarter increase, according to CB Insights’ latest report and webinar, The State of...
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A Look Back at Automotive & Mobility Financing Trends
Global funding for companies in the automotive and mobility sectors fell to $27.6 billion in 2020, a 5% decrease year-over-year, with 522 deals completed according to CB Insights’ recent report and...
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Introducing Writing on the Wall: a Glossary
We are pleased to announce our latest resource, Writing on the Wall, offering explanations and definitions for over 800 securities, capital markets, derivatives, structured finance and financial...
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Trends in Capital Formation: The SEC’s OASB Annual Report
The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (“OASB”) recently issued its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”), which reviews the capital raising activities of a variety of...
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Fintech Financing Trends
Globally, the total volume of fintech deal activity, which includes financings by private companies, IPOs, and M&A activity, has declined for three consecutive quarters. Activity in the second...
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SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Examines the Public...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee held a panel discussion on recent trends in taking a company public during its October 13, 2022 meeting....
View ArticleRepublicans’ Capital Formation Agenda
At the end of September 2022, Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, released the Committee Republicans’ capital formation agenda. The capital formation agenda...
View ArticlePocket MBA 2022: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals
November 17 -18, 2022 Hybrid Event Register here Practising Law Institute (PLI) is hosting its annual Pocket MBA 2022: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals program. Pocket MBA is PLI’s hallmark...
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Global Tech Valuation Trends
The CB Insights’ recently-published Tech Valuations Report comments on technology company valuations trends and reports on a continued decline during the third quarter of the year. The report...
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Global VC Funding Trends in 2022 Q3
The CB Insights’ State of Venture Report for the third quarter of 2022 notes that global venture funding declined to $74.5 billion in the third quarter, down 58% from the funding peak in the fourth...
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2022 Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation Report Presents...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation issued on December 16, 2022 its 2022 Annual Report to the U.S. Congress and to the SEC detailing how...
View ArticleRedrawing the Lines Between Private and Public
Commissioner Crenshaw’s remarks on January 30, 2023, once again, touched on Regulation D and the private markets. It is understandable that, given companies in the United States have become...
View ArticleSEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting
Today, February 7, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will host a meeting to discuss several matters. The Committee will discuss...
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