Taking a company public - through an IPO, secondary offering, or rights issue - transforms its regulatory obligations, governance structure, and
Public Offerings covers legal assessment, document preparation and implementation support in Europe. It is typically relevant to businesses, investors and organisations operating or transacting in one or more countries. The precise rules, competent authority and procedure depend on the subject matter, jurisdiction and facts, with EU and national law considered together.
The applicable framework depends on the subject of the service, governing law and countries in which the structure or transaction has effect. EU law and current national legislation are assessed together.
Last reviewed: 22 September 2026
Taking a company public - through an IPO, secondary offering, or rights issue - transforms its regulatory obligations, governance structure, and shareholder base. We manage the legal workstreams of the offering process: prospectus drafting and approval, due-diligence coordination, underwriting agreements, and the transition to public-company compliance.
We coordinate the prospectus-drafting process (registration document, securities note, summary), manage the due-diligence exercise that underpins responsibility statements, and advise on the corporate-preparation steps: governance enhancements, ESOP design, lock-up arrangements, and related-party-transaction policies.
Post-listing, we help the newly public company navigate continuous-disclosure obligations, periodic-reporting deadlines, and directors' dealings restrictions.