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Winston offers a comprehensive cross-practice area Public Company Advisory Group, which leverages the collective experience of our Capital Markets and Securities, M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Complex Commercial and Securities Litigation, and Tax practices, to advise our clients on the wide range of issues they face as public companies. With extensive experience providing top-tier legal counsel to our clients, we have cultivated a deep reservoir of knowledge in SEC reporting and compliance, capital markets, executive compensation, and corporate governance matters, earning the trust of numerous public company clients as their legal advisors in these critical areas.
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Our capital markets and securities attorneys represent U.S. and international issuers, institutional investors, underwriters, and placement agents in a wide variety of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
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Executive Compensation Plans & Agreements
Our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (EBEC) attorneys generally focus on two separate but related areas—employee benefits and executive compensation. We advise corporations, boards of directors, private equity firms, and executives on all legal, design, drafting, negotiation, and compliance aspects of executive compensation matters. We advise corporations, firms, fiduciaries, executives, administrators, governmental entities, and financial institutions on innovative and traditional employee retirement and health and welfare benefits programs. Our substantial experience and over 50 years of involvement in the EBEC field have given us a deep understanding of the evolution of benefits law and the market for executive compensation.
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|November 8, 2024
GSR III Acquisition Corp. Announces the Closing of its $230.0 Million Initial Public Offering
Experience
|September 23, 2024
Global Engine Group Holding Limited Announces Closing of $8 Million Initial Public Offering
Experience
|April 1, 2024
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|November 21, 2024
2025 Compliance Countdown: Critical Steps for Annual Reports and Proxy Disclosures
Winston & Strawn invites you to attend an online discussion, hosted by members of our Capital Markets and EBEC teams, addressing the following important topics for public companies:
Client Alert
|November 14, 2024
|7 Min Read
SEC Division of Examinations 2025 Priorities
On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) Division of Examinations (the Division) announced its annual list of examination priorities for 2025 (the Priorities), which are developed in consultation with various internal SEC divisions and offices. The priorities reflect practices, products, and services that the Division believes present heightened risks to investors or the integrity of the U.S. capital markets. The Priorities are not an exhaustive list of issues the Division intends to target in examinations. The Division’s examinations are also likely to address emerging risks, products, market events, and other investor concerns as they arise. In this alert, you will find a summary of the priorities for the SEC in examining registered investment advisers, registered investment companies, broker-dealers, and other market participants in 2025.
Global Trade & Foreign Policy Insights
|November 12, 2024
|10+ Min Read
Winston’s Takeaways from the Final Outbound Investment Rule
On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Investment Security published the final text of the Outbound Investment Security Program (the Final Rule). The Final Rule will become effective January 2, 2025. Any “Covered Transaction” entered into on or after that date will be subject to the prohibitions and affirmative legal requirements applicable to “U.S. persons” under the Final Rule. As background, the Final Rule is designed to prevent (or in some cases require notification of) U.S. investments in businesses that could benefit a Country of Concern’s semiconductor-manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI), or quantum-computing capabilities, with a particular focus on investments that would typically be accompanied by intangible benefits such as access to investment and talent networks, enhanced access to additional financing, enhanced standing and prominence, or managerial assistance. Currently, the only designated “Country of Concern” is the People’s Republic of China, including the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau (collectively, China).
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An IPO is an initial public offering, in which shares of a private company are made available publicly for the first time, allowing a company to raise equity capital from public investors. Companies must meet specific legal, governance, and accounting requirements imposed by the securities exchanges and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct an IPO. Companies hire investment banks to market the offering, evaluate investor demand, and set the IPO price.
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A pre-IPO placement is a late-stage offering to raise funds by a company in advance of its initial public offering. The investors are typically private equity firms, hedge funds, and other large institutional investors. Due to the size of the investments and the significant risk, the investors typically receive a discount from the price in the eventual IPO. Individual investors rarely participate in pre-IPO placements. They are generally restricted to high-net-worth individuals with a sophisticated knowledge of the financial markets. For the company, the placement is a way to raise funds and offset the risk that the IPO will not be as successful as hoped.