On April 22, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed notice soliciting comments in connection with proposed rules filed April 15, 2026 (SR-NASDAQ-2026-033) by The Nasdaq…
Delaware Court Preserves Coverage Under Target Company’s D&O Policy After De-SPAC Merger
In View Operating v. Starstone, No. N25C-08-064 SKR CCLD, 2026 WL 895939 (Del. Super. Ct. Mar. 30, 2026), a Delaware court applied the well-established rule…
Capital Markets & Governance Insights – April 2026
On April 16, 2026, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an exemptive order that significantly…
Nasdaq Adopts Enhanced SPAC IPO Listing Standards Under Both Global Market and Capital Market Tiers
On April 15, 2026, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) filed a proposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2026-033) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) to…
Dispatches from the Cain Brothers MedTech, Life Sciences and Pharma Services CEO Conference | Life Sciences Snapshot Q2 2026
US life sciences deal activity was relatively muted in the first quarter of 2026. The regulatory environment created various tailwinds and headwinds, and dealmakers ultimately…
2025 Going Public: US IPO Report
The U.S. IPO market delivered a strong performance in 2025. With the third-highest number of IPOs in any year in the past decade, surging deal…
New Nasdaq Rule Appears Intended to Bring SPACs Back to the Nasdaq Capital Market
On April 22, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Nasdaq rules that increase the initial listing requirements for special purpose acquisition…
Capital markets in Germany: Regulatory overview
A Q&A guide to capital markets law in Germany. The Q&A provides a high-level overview of the main equity and debt markets/exchanges, and the main…
Client Alert: What’s Market in Private M&A?
As private M&A deal terms continue to shift, understanding what’s “market” has become increasingly important when negotiating transactions. We reviewed key data points drawn from…
The Year of the Mega IPO?
The IPO market is entering uncharted territory in 2026, with potential listings from hectocorns in the AI and space sectors representing an estimated $1.4 trillion…
Raising Capital: Private Placements
This is the second of a new series of Cohen & Gresser client advisories on how to raise money in the U.S. capital markets. In…
2026 Venture Capital Report
This year’s Venture Capital Report offers a detailed review of US venture capital financing and liquidity activity and discusses key factors that will shape the…
Why SPAC IPO Models Need Legal Review, Not Just Finance Review
In our January 2026 alert, SPACs Reemerge as a Viable Path to the Public Markets, we noted that SPAC issuance had returned in a more…
Public or Private? A Guide for Growing Companies
“Making IPOs great again” is a stated goal of Paul S. Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman. To redress a decline in the…
Chancery Finds Investment Manager’s Board May Have Breached Fiduciary Duties, Aided and Abetted by the Buyer—YWCA v. Hatteras Funds
In YWCA of Rochester and Monroe Cty. v. Hatteras Funds (Mar. 27, 2026), the Delaware Court of Chancery, at the pleading stage of litigation, found…
Accounting-Related Securities Class Action Filings Hit Record Low in 2025
Accounting-related securities class action filings fell from 57 to a historic low of 34 in 2025, although the cases tended to involve larger issuer defendants…
2025 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE and RDO Report
Wilson Sonsini is pleased to present the 2025 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE and RDO Report. This report presents analysis related to 163 private investments…
New Paradigm for Crypto Assets: A Deep Dive into the SEC's Interpretive Release
On March 17, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a long-awaited interpretive release (the “Release”), addressing the application of federal securities laws to…
SEC Enforcement Speaks in 2026: Enforcement Division Moves “Full Steam Ahead” with Focus on Quality over Quantity, Procedural Fairness, and Targeted Pursuit of Non-Fraud Violations
At the 2026 SEC Speaks Conference held in Washington, D.C., Acting Enforcement Director Sam Waldon declared that the Commission’s Enforcement Division is moving “full steam…
Deal Flow 6.0: 5 Things We Learned About European Tech Deal Terms in 2025
Europe’s Tech Horizon: Data-Driven Insights for Strategic Deal-Making Europe’s tech ecosystem is entering a pivotal era. From AI and DeepTech startups to fast-growing startups, Europe…