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Capital Markets Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on the capital markets sector. Coverage includes stock and bond offerings, mortgage-backed securities, foreign exchange, follow-on offerings, and debt deals, as well as related litigation and policy developments.



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Latest News in Capital Markets

  • July 29, 2025

    Bit Digital's AI Infrastructure Subsidiary Eyes $125M IPO

    Artificial intelligence infrastructure company WhiteFiber Inc. on Tuesday unveiled plans to spin off from its parent company Bit Digital by way of an initial public offering, with plans to raise an estimated $125 million in an offering built by four law firms.

  • July 29, 2025

    Convicted Crypto CEO Tied To Abramoff Gets 7-Year Sentence

    A California federal judge Tuesday sentenced a cryptocurrency company founder who committed a multimillion-dollar fraud in a scheme also involving disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff to seven years imprisonment — less than the 17 years prosecutors sought — in light of the man's childhood trauma, mental health and lack of criminal history.

  • July 29, 2025

    Tips For Crypto AI Agent Developers Under SEC Watch

    With agents powered by artificial intelligence increasingly making decisions in the cryptocurrency world, there's a chance the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could use the Investment Advisers Act to regulate this technology in financial services, but there are ways developers can mitigate regulatory risks, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • July 29, 2025

    SEC, Crypto Bank Veteran Joins DeFi Platform As GC

    A former senior attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, who most recently served as cryptocurrency bank Anchorage Digital's general counsel, is taking her experience navigating federal regulations and institutional demands to decentralized finance infrastructure platform Veda, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • July 29, 2025

    Rising Star: Covington's Alicia Zhang

    Covington & Burling LLP's Alicia Zhang has helped steer a slew of high-profile capital-raising efforts, including advising J.P. Morgan on Kyverna Therapeutics' $367 million initial public offering and guiding BioNTech's $200 million investment in Autolus Therapeutics, earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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Capital Markets

Areas of Coverage

  • TRANSACTIONS
  • High-yield debt, corporate bond, convertible debt, and hybrid offerings
  • Share buybacks and stock splits
  • Stock- or debt-funded acquisitions
  • Distressed investments and bankruptcy proceedings
  • Joint ventures
  • Capital instruments, including mezzanine and venture
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Real estate investment trust deals
  • AGENCIES
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • European Securities and Markets Authority
  • European Central Bank
  • European Commission
  • UK Financial Conduct Authority
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Dodd-Frank Act
  • Delaware corporate law
  • Financial company lobbying
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • LITIGATION
  • Corporate governance cases, including those over leadership changes, executive compensation, and shareholder rights
  • Competition disputes
  • Privacy issues
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of capital markets practices

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  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Executives and attorneys in the capital markets industry
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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