Name: Skills to work on to future proof your career
Start: 2020-12-16T10:00:00Z
End: 2020-12-16T10:00:54.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.9

Covid-19 has undeniably affected, directly or indirectly, companies and business activities across most sectors. The concept of leadership itself is being revolutionised, as remote work and digitalisation broke unimagined frontiers.

What can we expect from a post-covid world and what is the role of leaders in this change?

What are the prospects for the foreseeable future, which challenges and opportunities will it bring in terms of business, human resource management, costs and investments?

Join IFLR Women in Business Law Group, in partnership with Morais Leitão for a conversation with selected market leaders.

Leaving Covid-19 behind leadership and innovation in a new business environment

Following IFLR’s publication of A Deep Dive into Capital Raising Alternatives, this webinar will discuss the new dynamics in the US capital markets. Despite the pandemic, the US IPO market in 2020 has been quite active, exceeding 2019 in the number of IPOs completed in the US, and bringing to market many well-known tech names.

Aftermarket IPO performance has been strong, reinforcing the strength and receptiveness of the market to new IPOs. That said, there is more activity – and more enthusiasm – for alternatives to the traditional IPO model. For example, direct listings are gaining in popularity.

This year has been called by many the year of the SPAC [special purpose acquisition company], given the significant increase in SPAC IPOs and high-profile mergers of unicorns with SPACs. M&A-based solutions remain an attractive alternative to an IPO.

During this webinar, we will discuss:

•The US IPO market in 2020 and what to expect in the coming months;
•US IPO dynamics, aftermarket performance, and IPO trends;
•Foreign private issuers, and potential actions affecting PRC-based companies;
•How direct listings work, and which types of issuers should consider a direct listing;
•SPAC IPOs and what’s driving the trend;
•How merging with a SPAC to become a public company works; and
•SEC developments that may facilitate capital formation.

Becoming a US public company: the new three-track process

IFLR & Mayer Brown's recently published book, A Deep Dive into Capital Raising Alternatives:
https://www.iflr.com/article/b1nx66b8l1qv8g/book-publication-a-deep-dive-into-capital-raising-alternatives

For a number of years now, significantly more capital has been raised by companies in the US private markets than in US SEC-registered offerings. In IFLR’s recently published book, A Deep Dive into Capital Raising Alternatives, we discuss the changes brought about to the exempt offering framework by the JOBS Act.

The JOBS Act resulted in more companies remaining private for longer and relying on successive private placements to raise proceeds to fund their continued growth. In fact, some late-stage or pre-IPO private placements have raised proceeds in the billions. Private capital, especially for late-stage companies, has remained available despite the pandemic. In recent years, the SEC has sought to reform the legal framework applicable to private placements.
•The market for late-stage or pre-IPO private placements in the US;
•The recent changes to the accredited investor and the QIB definition, which are central to US private placements;
•The SEC’s Concept Release on exempt offerings;
•SEC discussions relating to retail participation in the private markets through fund vehicles; and
•The SEC’s final amendments to the exempt offering framework adopted on November 2, 2020.

SEC and other developments affecting private capital markets

The current pandemic situation is unsettling, yet we hope temporary. This webinar will look at nine key skills you can work on during this time and ongoing, that will help to future proof your career - both in terms of the current situation and other changes that are happening regardless. These key skills are our non-technical 'soft' skills which are frequently neglected, yet essential to progress in your career and improve your firm's performance.

Skills to work on to future proof your career

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