Course Detail
Units:
2.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Description
The course is intended to review the preparation a private company goes through for an initial public offering (IPO), the actual process of filing an S-1 to become a public company and the associated on-going regulatory requirements (Securities Exchange Act 1934). The course will also review the JOBS ACT and how it has changed capital fundraising in the public markets, as well as dicuss elements of Sarbanes Oxley and the Dodd-Frank Act. In addition, the course will focus on when to go public (if at all) and the role of investment banks in the IPO. The focus of the course is on practical application (i.e. students will be expected to prepare parts of an actual S-1). At the end of the course, students should have practical and meaningful insights into an IPO from both a legal and business perspective.