SEC Proposals to Simplify Exempt Offerings are Just in Time

Barry LeePartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt partners Katherine Blair and Thomas Poletti and associate Jonathan Brecher co-authored an article for Law360 on the SEC’s recently proposed rules to expand and simplify certain aspects of exempt offerings. In article, they noted that the proposed rules are “a step in the right direction as they are designed to increase the stream of money flowing in the market by expanding the use of private capital markets.” They highlighted that the rules generally address four issues:

  • Clarifying integration analyses;
  • Simplifying offering communication;
  • Increasing exempt offering limits; and
  • Harmonizing various exempt offering A requirements with registered offering requirements.

Read the article here.