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Advising Mature Public Companies - Jason Kent, Cooley LLP

Feb 24, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Did You Become a Lawyer?
02:08 • 2min
3
What Was It Like in Law School?
04:13 • 3min
4
How Did You Decide You Wanted to Be a Co-Chair?
06:56 • 2min
5
Working With Public Companies at Cooley
08:39 • 3min
6
What Are the Characteristics of a Maturing or Mature Public Company?
11:48 • 3min
7
Are Companies Going to Make It to Such a Stage?
15:03 • 2min
8
Are You an ECVC Lawyer?
16:58 • 3min
9
Are You a Senior Associate at a Standard Law Firm?
19:40 • 2min
10
How Does a Lawyer's Relationship With Clients Change Over Time?
21:16 • 2min
11
Is There a Trend to Specialization?
23:31 • 2min
12
What Are the Legal Issues of a Public Company?
25:11 • 2min
13
The SEC's Overarching Principle on Fair Disclosure
27:25 • 2min
14
VC Investors Are Taking a Longer Term View, Right?
28:59 • 2min
15
Shareholders, Shareholder Compositions and Pressures in IPOs
30:47 • 4min
16
The Relationship Between IR and the Shareholders
34:19 • 3min
17
What Is an Activist Investor?
36:50 • 2min
18
Are Boards of Directors of Public Companies Always Hostile to the Managers of the Company?
39:12 • 2min
19
How Do Companies Deal With High Stakes Campaigns in Public Companies?
40:52 • 2min
20
Are IPOs a Proactive Review?
43:06 • 2min
21
Are You in the Public Spotlight?
44:46 • 2min
22
Is ESG Going to Continue to Be a Force of Influence?
46:52 • 2min
23
Is There a Downturn in the IPO Market?
49:17 • 2min
24
Advice for Law Students and Junior Associates
51:15 • 3min
25
First Year Associate - What Advice Would You Give to First Year Associates?
53:47 • 2min
26
Deal Making in a Recession - Episode 2
55:22 • 2min