The Truth About Reverse Mergers

Cite this Article
Bill Sjostrom, The Truth About Reverse Mergers, Truth on the Market (November 12, 2007), https://truthonthemarket.com/2007/11/12/the-truth-about-reverse-mergers/

For those interested in small company finance, I’ve recently posted on SSRN a draft of the short piece I’ve written for the Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal symposium issue. The piece is entitled “The Truth About Reverse Mergers” and can be downloaded here. Here’s the abstract:

The Article examines the reverse merger method of going public. It describes the principal features of reverse mergers, including deal structure and legal compliance. Although reverse mergers are routinely pitched as cheaper and quicker than traditional IPOs, the Article argues that such pitches are misleading and, for many companies, irrelevant.