Join us for a lively (in-person and virtual) discussion with Dakin Campbell, author of Going Public: How Silicon Valley Rebels Loosened Wall Street’s Grip on the IPO and Sparked a Revolution and Megan Baier, partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, moderated by Rachel Landy, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Heyman Center at Cardozo Law School. Doors will open at 6pm and the program will start promptly at 6:30.

In Going Public, Campbell provides a behind-the-scenes tour of the high-stakes world of IPOs and how a visionary band of startup executives, venture capitalists, and maverick bankers has launched a crusade to upend the traditional IPO as we know it. We’ll discuss how Silicon Valley has upended traditional IPO norms (business and legal), the lawyer’s role and ethical obligations in IPO design, and more.

Dakin Campbell is the chief finance correspondent at Insider, where he writes profiles, features and investigations about the finance and technology industries. He has written extensively about Goldman Sachs, initial public offerings, and how hustle culture has led to banker burnout. Before joining Insider in 2018, he spent 10 years at Bloomberg News. He has been interviewed about his reporting by the New York Times, NPR, Fortune Magazine, BBC Radio and iHeartRadio among others. Dakin has degrees from Cornell and Columbia, and holds the CFA charter. 

Megan Baier represents some of the most innovative global technology and biotechnology companies in the world. She focuses her time helping clients navigate capital markets and M&A transactions as well as a variety of corporate governance issues. She represents private companies including Brex, StockX, Gympass and Maven Clinic, and public companies including Aurora Innovation, KnowBe4 and Babylon Health.

This program of one live and online panel is approved for up to 1.0 transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the category “Areas of Professional Practice.” To receive CLE credits for a panel, you must attend that part of the program “live.” We cannot award CLE credits for watching a recorded version of any part of this program.

In-person space is limited. Please register through Eventbrite to join us on campus in the Moot Court Room (no walk-ins, and please note the COVID guidelines below) or virtually, via the Zoom link below.

COVID Guidelines: Proof of vaccination required and masks must be worn during the talk.