Seminar  Seminar

Current Hot Topics in IPOs 2012


Why you should attend

The IPO market is the most active it has been in more than ten years, with technology companies leading the way. Recent securities law developments, including the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and regulatory changes to implement it, are likely to spur new approaches to capital raising, including changes to current practices in IPO transactions. Even without these legal and regulatory developments, current IPO practices are constantly evolving in response to market developments. How does the IPO team maximize the likelihood of a successful transaction? What are the most difficult problems facing a company in its initial public offering?  What are the current hot topics in these transactions, from the perspective of Silicon Valley?

We have assembled an “all star” faculty of Silicon Valley insiders to share their valuable insights into this leading market.

What you will learn

  • How to manage the transaction
  • How the JOBS Act is influencing IPO practices
  • Areas of special focus for drafters of today’s IPO registration statements
  • Special topics in due diligence
  • The challenges of corporate governance, equity planning and executive compensation planning for companies contemplating their IPO
  • Current accounting and financial reporting issues
  • Latest hot topics in technology company IPOs, including dual-class common stock

Who should attend

The program is designed for in-house and outside attorneys who seek to extend their understanding of initial public offerings (the program assumes that all attendees already have a fundamental understanding of initial public offerings). The program also has a focus on technology company IPOs.

Morning Session:  9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

9:00  Program Overview

Horace Nash, Jeffrey R. Vetter

9:15  Setting the Stage

  • Market Overview
  • Managing the Arc of the Transaction
  • JOBS Act and Related Topics
    - JOBS Act items related to IPO Practice
       o Confidential filings
       o Analyst reports and other practices
       o Testing the waters
    - Related regulatory developments
Stephen M. Graham, Lona Nallengara, Michael Millman

10:15  Drafting With Attention to SEC Focus Areas
  • Business
  • Risk Factors
  • MD&A
    - Cheap stock considerations
    - Business metrics
  • CD&A
    - JOBS Act simplifications?
  • Trends in SEC Comment Letters
Delida Costin, Robert G. Day, Mark Kronforst, Horace Nash, Kathleen Philips

11:15  Networking Break

11:30  Special Topics in Due Diligence
  • Customer Case Studies
  • Business Metrics
  • Auditor Diligence
  • Comfort Letters
  • Litigation
Delida Costin, Kathleen Philips, Sarah K. Solum

12:30  Lunch Break

Afternoon Session:  1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

1:45  Governance and Executive Compensation Planning
  • Board and Committee Considerations
    - Controlled companies
  • Equity Planning
    - Secondary trading
    - Stock transfer restrictions
    - F&W no-action letter
  • Section 16 Issues
  • D&O Insurance
  • Executive Compensation Planning
Mark Borges, Alan L. Dye, Nancy H. Wojtas

2:45  Accounting Issues
  • Auditor Practices
  • OCA Pre-clearance?
  • Recent acquisitions
  • Change in auditor
Andrew Cotton, Mark Kronforst, Darcy Lopes, Jeffrey R. Vetter

3:45  Networking Break

4:00  Current Hot Topics
  • Two-class Common Stock
    - Section 16 issues
  • Private Placement During Registration
  • Secondary Trading,  Insider Trading Issues
  • Insider Purchases in IPO
  • Selling Stockholders? 
  • “Testing the Waters”/Publicity/Roadshow/Electronic Communications
  • Lock ups
  • FINRA/Underwriter issues
Robert G. Day, Stephen M. Graham, Lona Nallengara, Jeffrey R. Vetter

5:00  Adjourn

Co-Chair(s)
Horace Nash ~ Fenwick & West LLP
Jeffrey R. Vetter ~ Fenwick & West LLP
Speaker(s)
Mark A. Borges ~ Principal, Compensia, Inc.
Delida Costin ~ General Counsel, Pandora Media, Inc.
Andrew Cotton ~ Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Robert G. Day ~ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Alan L. Dye ~ Hogan Lovells
Stephen M. Graham ~ Fenwick & West LLP
Mark Kronforst ~ Associate Director (Disclosure Operations), United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporate Finance
Darcy Lopes ~ Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Michael A. Millman ~ Managing Director, Head of TMT ECM, JP Morgan Chase & Co
Lona Nallengara ~ Acting Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Kathleen Philips ~ General Counsel, Zillow, Inc.
Sarah K. Solum ~ Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nancy H. Wojtas ~ Cooley LLP
Program Attorney(s)
John M. Mola ~ Director of California Operations, Practising Law Institute

Sillicon Valley Seminar Location

Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041.

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