How to Prepare for an IPO and Be Positioned to Take Advantage of IPO Market Opportunities

Please join us for a Foley Executive Briefing Series program where our panel of seasoned advisors will outline how companies can prepare for an IPO and be positioned to take advantage of IPO market opportunities. Topics will include:

• The current state of the IPO market
  
• What makes a company an attractive IPO candidate?
  
• Building and preparing your management team
  
• Establishing financial controls
  
• Managing stock compensation issues
  
• Establishing a corporate governance program
  
• Becoming SOX compliant
  
• Planning your publicity strategy
  
• Addressing IP and contract issues
  
• Directors and officers insurance
  
• Engaging IPO advisors

These and other topics will be addressed in an interactive panel session led by Foley Partner Paul D. Broude. Panelists will be:

• Danielle Sheer, General Counsel of Carbonite, Inc.
  
• George Neble, Partner, Assurance & Advisory Business Services, Ernst & Young LLP
  
• John Kelley, Managing Director — Investment Banking Technology Group, Raymond James
  
• Todd Speece, Managing Director — Head of Tech & Clean Tech Equity Capital Markets, Raymond James

How to Prepare for an IPO and Be Positioned to Take Advantage of IPO Market Opportunities is part of the Foley Executive Briefing Series.