The Initial Public Offering: A Guidebook for Executives and Boards of Directors - Second Edition (Simplified Chinese Translation Available)

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• Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Corporate Governance & Directors' Duties
• Corporate Law
• Financial Reporting, Taxation, & Accounting
• Fund Accounting
• Fund Operations & Management
• Global Markets
• Initial Public Offerings
• Investment Banking & Broker/Dealers
• Investment Management Compliance & Regulation
• Investment Management Marketing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Securities Enforcement & Fraud
• Securities Offerings
• Securities Regulation & Disclosure

About the Authors

PATRICK J. SCHULTHEIS is a Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Schultheis's practice focuses on the corporate representation of emerging growth companies, underwriters and investors. Mr. Schultheis joined the firm in 1989, and he has practiced at the firm since that time. Mr. Schultheis is the Managing Partner of the Seattle office. Mr. Schultheis represents a range of technology, life sciences and other emerging growth companies. These companies range from start-ups to large public companies. In addition, Mr. Schultheis regularly represents underwriters and venture capital investors. Mr. Schultheis has extensive transactional experience in public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and private financings. Mr. Schultheis received his A.B. in History (with distinction and departmental honors) from Stanford University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Schultheis is admitted to practice in Washington and California.

CHRISTIAN E. MONTEGUT is a Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Montegut's practice focuses on corporate and securities matters for emerging growth companies and venture capital firms. Mr. Montegut has broad experience in the following areas: technology company startup issues; venture capital transactions, representing both companies and venture capitalists; public offerings, including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings, representing both issuers and underwriters; and mergers and acquisitions transactions, including representing public and private companies. Mr. Montegut represents companies on an ongoing basis in both Washington and Silicon Valley. He enjoys working with entrepreneurs in turning exciting technology ideas into great companies. Mr. Montegut joined the firm's Seattle, Washington office in December of 1999, after practicing in the firm's Palo Alto, California office. Mr. Montegut received his B.A. in economics from Yale University and his J.D. from New York University School of Law. Mr. Montegut is admitted to practice in California, Connecticut and Washington.

ROBERT G. O'CONNOR is a Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. O'Connor's practice focuses on advising technology, life sciences and emerging growth companies in organizing and capitalizing businesses, raising capital through private and public debt and equity financings, and buying and selling companies and technologies. Mr. O'Connor is the Managing Partner of the Salt Lake City office. Mr. O'Connor has extensive transactional experience in representing companies and underwriters in public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and private financings. Mr. O'Connor is a regular speaker on capital raising strategies, including at VentureOne Summit and the Ernst & Young IPO Value Journey Retreat for CEOs. Mr. O'Connor received his B.A. in economics and history from the University of California at Los Angeles and his J.D. from Loyola Law School. Mr. O'Connor is admitted to practice in Utah and California.

SHAWN J. LINDQUIST is a corporate and securities attorney with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His principal experience has been in public offerings of securities, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and private equity and debt financings. Mr. Lindquist began his career in the firm's Palo Alto, California office, and he was a member of the team that established the firm's first regional office in Seattle, Washington and later a member of the team that established the firm's Salt Lake City, Utah office. He has also served as Vice President and General Counsel of a venture-backed company and as an attorney in the legal department of Novell, Inc., and he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at The J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU). Mr. Lindquist received his B.S. in Business Management-Finance from BYU, where he also participated in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. He received his J.D. from The J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU, where he was a member of the Law Review and the Moot Court. He is the author of U.S. v. O'Hagan: The Eighth Circuit Throws the Second Strike to the Misappropriation Theory of Rule 10b-5 Liability, 1997 BYU L. Rev. 197. He is admitted to practice in Utah, Washington and California.

J. RANDALL LEWIS is a corporate and securities attorney with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His practice includes all aspects of public and private company representation. Throughout his career Mr. Lewis has represented a broad range of emerging growth and technology companies in many sectors, including software, Internet, life sciences and Internet infrastructure. Mr. Lewis has extensive experience representing clients in connection with public offerings, private placements and mergers and acquisition and corporate governance. Mr. Lewis received his B.S. from Boston University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Lewis is admitted to practice in Utah and California.

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