NYSE IPO Guide

Cleary Gottlieb’s capital markets practice group acted as a consulting editor and contributor to the second edition of the NYSE IPO Guide, which provides companies and their leaders with comprehensive guidance for going public in the United States.

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The guide covers a variety of important topics related to the IPO process and the reporting and other requirements applicable to a public company following an IPO, including:

• Items to consider before embarking on an IPO
• The JOBS Act and the “IPO On-Ramp” for emerging growth companies
• Communications: investor relations, regulatory parameters for communicating with investors and the role of social media
• The IPO process: timeline, documentation and regulatory requirements
• Life as a public company
• Managing risk
• Foreign private issuers: structuring and completing a U.S. IPO; becoming a U.S. reporting company

Cleary Gottlieb was also a consulting editor and contributor to the original 2010 NYSE IPO Guide.

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