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Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws, Fourth Edition

Corporate finance is the raising of loans, issuing shares and acquiring or merging with other businesses by public or private companies. The SEC has a number of statutes, rules and regulations in place which monitor these activities. Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws, Fourth Edition, explains the latest changes in the law of corporate finance and provides experts' insights on how to get your transactions done.

Written from a transactional perspective, the comprehensive "must-have" guide analyzes the revised SEC regulations, so you're fully versed in every important aspect of this complex area of the law. You get in-depth information on...

The SEC’s Securities Offering Reform, including:

  • WKSIs (well-known seasoned issuers) and automatic shelf registration statements
  • free-writing prospectuses and their uses
  • shelf registration reforms
  • communication reforms
  • “time of sale” liability
  • The SEC’s adoption of Regulation AB, including:

  • final rules on disclosure requirements for registered asset-backed
  • securities offerings
  • final rules on the use of “informational and computational materials”
  • continuing 1934 Act disclosure requirements
  • WorldCom and its influence on:

  • underwriters’ due diligence practices
  • syndicate arrangements
  • Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws includes coverage of commercial paper, underwriting practices, mechanics of registration and distribution, international finance corporate restructurings and convertible securities. The authors make sure you have everything you need to handle transactions in which your corporate clients raise funds in the U.S. and international capital markets.

    Benefits and Features

  • An all-in-one resource that saves you research time
  • Authoritiative and reliable explanations
  • Table of Contents
    CHAPTER 1
    OVERVIEW OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THE INTEGRATED DISCLOSURE SYSTEM



    CHAPTER 2

    SYNDICATE PROCEDURES AND UNDERWRITING DOCUMENTS



    CHAPTER 3

    SELECTED ISSUES IN THE REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION PROCESS



    CHAPTER 4

    MANIPULATIVE PRACTICES AND MARKET ACTIVITIES DURING DISTRIBUTIONS



    CHAPTER 5

    LIABILITIES AND DUE DILIGENCE



    CHAPTER 6

    RULES OF THE SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZATIONS



    CHAPTER 7

    PRIVATE PLACEMENTS



    CHAPTER 8

    SHELF REGISTRATION (RULE 415)



    CHAPTER 9

    INTERNATIONAL FINANCINGS



    CHAPTER 10

    COMMERCIAL PAPER



    CHAPTER 11

    INNOVATIVE FINANCING TECHNIQUES



    CHAPTER 12

    CONVERTIBLE, EXCHANGEABLE AND “LINKED” SECURITIES; WARRANTS



    CHAPTER 13

    TRANSACTIONS WITH SECURITYHOLDERS: STOCK REPURCHASES, DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS AND RIGHTS OFFERINGS



    CHAPTER 14


    ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES


    INDEX