Keynote Speakers

The IPO Conference organizers are thrilled to announce that three industry leaders have confirmed their attendance as keynote speakers: Christopher Toomey, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, will be bringing his wealth of experience in investment banking to the Conference. With a career spanning over 20 years, Toomey is widely considered...

List of Speakers Invited

The following list of speakers was invited to the IPO Conference 2023 by the IPO Institute.Most of them are very hard to secure and we cannot guarantee that their reply was made by themselves, nor even that they were informed of our invitation in person. Name Title Organization Mainly known...

What is an IPO ?

By Kate Ashford, John Schmidt(Contributor, Editor) An IPO is an initial public offering. In an IPO, a privately owned company lists its shares on a stock exchange, making them available for purchase by the general public.Many people think of IPOs as big money-making opportunities—high-profile companies grab headlines with huge share...

2019 IPO Market: Better Than the Headlines

The long-awaited debuts of mega unicorns Uber and Lyft were mega busts, capped off by WeWork’s kamikaze IPO attempt in September. But beyond these headline-grabbing disappointments, the IPO market had a mostly good year. Returns averaged 20%, with 159 IPOs raising $46 billion in proceeds. Biotechs remained the single most...

Private Financing

SHARES OF STOCK ISSUES:I. GENERAL RULES AND CLASSIC FINANCING METHODSAn entrepreneur or a company is looking to raise capital to undertake a project.When Greenberg, Hornblower, Deschenaux & Partners helps to incorporate, restructure, or protect a company, it transforms it into a “Reporting Issuer”, “Issuing Company” or “Issuer”, that is to...

Is your company ready for an IPO (Initial Public Offering)?

This question is always a topic of discussion among the various actors of and around the company, from the entrepreneur to the investment bankers, going through lawyers, auditors, accountants etc…Many of these actors, basing their argument on the listing requirements, believe and will want the entrepreneur to believe the issuing...