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This is IPO GO.

When you’re ready to take your company public,
we’re here to get you going.

Drafting your Form S-1 is critical to a successful IPO.
Let us walk you through it.

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Cooley can take you the distance in the capital markets

Our leading capital markets practice supports issuers, investment banks, and investors in transformative equity and debt transactions across global public and private markets, with deep insights from both company and bank-side experience. Our pragmatic, commercially minded lawyers combine legal acumen with a strong understanding of client business and strategic goals.

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Packed with practical reference materials to help you decode the IPO process, these Cooley-built resources bring the legal clarity you need to prepare, plan and execute with confidence.

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While IPO GO breaks down the mechanics, CapX delivers the market context. Our capital markets blog features insights from Cooley partners on market trends, regulatory changes and strategies shaping the capital markets, as well asupcoming events, webcasts and more.

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