AFTER SPAC

SPAC, short for Special Purpose Acquisition Company, is a company form that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Essentially, a SPAC is a shell company that raises money from investors with the goal of acquiring another company within a set period of time. Once the acquisition is complete, the target company can merge with … Read more

CORPAI – Corporate Artificial Intelligence AI

Corporate artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the integration of AI technologies and applications into the corporate world. It’s a fast-growing area with the potential to transform how companies work, automate routine tasks, and create new opportunities for growth and innovation. This article examines various aspects of corporate AI, including its benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations. … Read more

IPOs and Information Cascades

An Information cascade or informational cascade is a phenomenon described in behavioral economics and network theory in which a number of people make the same decision in a sequential fashion. It is similar to, but distinct from herd behavior. An information cascade is generally accepted as a two-step process. For a cascade to begin an … Read more

The IPO Organizational Meeting

Once your company has convinced the managing underwriters for the offering and wants to begin the IPO process in earnest, an organizational meeting with management, the underwriters, counsel and possibly the auditors will be scheduled. The purpose of this organizational meeting is to discuss the offering process and economics, the proposed offering schedule, allocation of … Read more

IPO Institute launches IPO Conference series in strategic alliance with DHMP Consulting.

IPO Conference Show

Today in New York, the IPO Institute and DHMP consulting Partners LLC forged a strategic alliance to launch a regular series of regional conferences branded and directed by the IPO Institute, and organized and operated by the team of DHMP Consulting Partners LLC. The IPO Institute is the leading global academic resource for research, training … Read more

What Is An IPO?

What is IPO?

An IPO is an initial public offering. In an IPO, a privately owned company lists its shares on a stock exchange, making them available for purchase by the general public.

2019 IPO Market: Better Than the Headlines

The long-awaited debuts of mega unicorns Uber and Lyft were mega busts, capped off by WeWork’s kamikaze IPO attempt in September. But beyond these headline-grabbing disappointments, the IPO market had a mostly good year. Returns averaged 20%, with  159  IPOs  raising  $46  billion  in  proceeds. Biotechs  remained  the  single  most  active  sector,  followed  closely  by  … Read more

PRIVATE FINANCING

SHARES OF STOCK ISSUES: I. GENERAL RULES AND CLASSIC FINANCING METHODS An entrepreneur or a company is looking to raise capital to undertake a project. When Greenberg, Hornblower, Deschenaux & Partners helps to incorporate, restructure, or protect a company, it transforms it into a “Reporting Issuer”, “Issuing Company” or “Issuer”, that is to say, a … Read more

IS YOUR COMPANY READY FOR AN I.P.O. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING?

This question is always a topic of discussion among the various actors of and around the company, from the entrepreneur to the investment bankers, going through lawyers, auditors, accountants etc… Many of these actors, basing their argument on the listing requirements, believe and will want the entrepreneur to believe the issuing company has to meet … Read more