Regulation A is a provision under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 that allows companies to raise capital, up to $75 million within any consecutive 12-month period, through public offerings without having to go through the more rigorous and expensive process of a traditional S-1…
If your company is structured as a limited liability company (“LLC”) rather than as a corporation and you want to raise money through a public offering of your company’s securities, whether by way of a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the…
The Problem So you just bought a new business to add to your operating portfolio and its founders and movers/shakers are two social media up-and-comers. Your new products are all branded under their names, their photo images are all over your new product packaging, their…
SEC May Make Similar Determination under Analogous U.S. Securities Law Precedent In a statement published June 6, 2022, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) stated that certain non-fungible tokens (NFTs) might be regulated as securities. In its release, the SFC indicated that, in…
Finally, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC, has issued a framework for analyzing whether digital assets, or tokens, are securities. In a long-awaited publication (1), the staff of the SEC’s FinHub (2) has provided guidance (3) as to how to apply a Howey…
ICOs are Hot, Hot, Hot! As everyone knows, ICOs (initial coin offerings) are all the rage right now. This one raised $100 million in thirty minutes, that one raised $150 million in two days, and the list goes on. Companies all over the globe are…
