Alok Choksi
Alok Choksi is a counsel in the Corporate Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s New York office.
His practice focuses on capital markets and securities, representing investment banks, domestic issuers (including special purpose acquisition companies) and foreign private issuers in equity securities offerings, including registered offerings (such as initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, confidentially marketed public offerings, registered direct offerings and at-the-market program offerings) and private placements (such as 4(a)(2) offerings, PIPEs and 144A/Regulation S offerings). He works with companies in a wide range of industries, including aviation, biopharma, biotech, consumer/retail, education, energy, healthcare, media/telecommunications, oil and gas, shipping and technology, among others.
Topic
Thursday November 14 2024
What you Should Know About Foreign Issuers and the PIPE Market
- Overview of foreign securities laws and exchange listing requirements
- Restrictions on transfer/resales of securities (Regulation S, Restrictive Legends)
- Differences in documentation from domestic PIPEs
- Canadian issuers, their regulatory regime, holding exemptions, and the US/Canada disclosure system
- U.S. registration and dual listings; Exemptions from ’34 Act registration for foreign private issuers
