Dan Haaren Chairs and Scott Bennett and Lisa Kohl Speak at PLI’s Securities Offerings 2025: A Public Offering From Start to Finish

On November 10, 2025, Cravath partners D. Scott Bennett and C. Daniel Haaren and of counsel Lisa M. Kohl participated in “Securities Offerings 2025: A Public Offering From Start to Finish,” a program presented by the Practising Law Institute in New York. The program simulated a public offering from start to finish. Dan chaired the program, delivered opening remarks and appeared on panels entitled “Underwriting Arrangements, Listing Process and FINRA Review,” which reviewed the underwriting and stock exchange listing processes and “Ethics, Due Diligence and the Offering Process,” which surveyed ethical issues that arise in the due diligence and offering processes and how to avoid them. Scott and Dan spoke together on a panel entitled “Introduction to the Law of Securities Offerings,” which reviewed the basic legal framework for registered public securities offerings. Together, Dan and Lisa appeared on panels entitled “Working Effectively with the SEC: Preparing Your Registration Statement,” which covered registration statement preparation and SEC review processes and “Financial and Accounting Disclosures in Offering Documents and Related Considerations,” in which panelists discussed financial disclosure and other offering documentation processes.