IPO Readiness Virtual Summit For Financial Advisors
A 4-hour virtual CE event on IPOs, tender offers, and equity comp planning
Thursday, September 24, 2026
1:00pm to 5:00pm ET, 10:00am to 2:00pm PT
Watch live or on demand

• 4.5 CE credits for CFP, IAR (live only), CPE for CPAs (live only), CPWA/CIMA, CEP/ECA
• 4.0 CE credits for EA (live only)
• Plus a myStockOptions certificate of summit completion, demonstrating your IPO expertise!

What It's About
2026 and 2027 are shaping up to be record years for IPOs. Be ready to guide your clients through them. The IPO Readiness Virtual Summit For Financial Advisors brings together core legal, tax, and financial-planning issues in one focused program, helping you advise clients on key decisions before, during, and after an IPO or tender offer.

When a private company approaches an IPO or creates liquidity through a tender offer, employees and executives face crucial decisions involving stock options, RSUs, company shares, taxes, diversification, and long-term wealth planning. Advisors must help these clients navigate one of the most consequential financial events of their lives.

In 5 webinar sessions, 10 leading experts in financial planning, taxes, and securities law will explain the essential rules, issues, and strategies surrounding IPOs and tender offers. Practical case studies will show how to apply that knowledge to real-world client situations. Plus, learn the best ways to attract clients at IPO companies.

Build Your IPO And Startup Planning Expertise!
The most valuable IPO planning often begins before the company goes public. Advisors who understand the full process can help clients avoid costly mistakes, prepare for taxes, make informed liquidity decisions, and successfully turn a major wealth event into a coordinated long-term financial strategy.

What You Get With Registration

• 4 hours of knowledge and insights with an all-star team of experts
• Five focused sessions on equity comp and company shares in liquidity events
• Practical case studies and strategies on tender offers and IPOs
• Continuing education credits
• Access to the recording to watch on demand again or instead of attending live
• Downloadable detailed slide decks and handouts
• Live Q&A
• A myStockOptions certificate of summit completion for your LinkedIn profile and office wall demonstrating your IPO knowledge

What You Will Learn

• How IPOs and tender offers work
• Legal, SEC, and company rules and procedures advisors need to understand to successfully serve clients
• How to attract and retain clients at IPO companies
• Tax rules in planning for these big events that affect stock options, RSUs, restricted stock, and company shares
• Evaluating how many shares to sell or options to exercise
• Planning strategies before a tender offer and later IPO
• How to manage taxes, volatility, and concentration after an IPO
• Common mistakes that can reduce wealth or create unexpected tax problems

"The knowledge I gained from myStockOptions both as a premium member and from your webinars has made me stand out at work." —Vincent Leonardo (EA), Tax Analyst, Intuit

SUMMIT SESSIONS
Introduction (5 minutes)
1:00–1:05pm ET, 10:00–10:05am PT

1. IPOs And Tender Offers: Navigating The Process Under SEC, Legal, Brokerage Firm, And Company Rules (50 minutes)
Brian McDonald, Grantd Equity; Arjun Sathya, Equity Methods; Richard Segal, Cooley LLP
1:05–1:55pm ET, 10:05–10:55am PT

• Key stages and timeline of an IPO and company-sponsored liquidity program tender offers
• Legal, SEC, and company rules and procedures that must be followed
• How these impact the ability to sell shares, including lockups, trading restrictions, and the documents advisors and their clients should review before acting
• Marketing strategies for RIAs and brokers

2. Tax Rules For Tender Offers And Pre- And Post-IPO Planning (50 minutes)
Meredith Johnson, BPM; Bruce Brumberg, myStockOptions
1:55–2:45pm ET, 10:55–11:45am PT

• Tax rules that materially affect equity comp decisions and wealth-building from the late stage of a startup through the post-IPO period
• Topics include Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), both the capital gains exclusions and the rollover routes, along with other advanced tax strategies for avoiding/deferring/delaying taxes or income recognition
• Double-trigger RSUs, tax-withholding issues and potential rate elections, state residency changes, and advanced stock options tax topics

3. Tender Offers: Case Studies And Strategies (40 minutes)
Caitlin Fastiggi, Brooklyn FI; CJ Stermetz, EquityFTW
2:55–3:35pm ET, 11:55am–12:35pm PT

• Whether to participate
• Determining how many shares to sell and/or options to exercise
• How to balance liquidity, taxes, future appreciation, and concentration risk

4. Pre-IPO Case Studies And Strategies For Clients (40 minutes)
Megan Gorman, Chequers Financial Management; Daniel Zajac, Zajac Group
3:35–4:15pm ET, 12:35–1:15pm PT

• Determining whether and when to exercise stock options
• Preparing for future taxes
• Planning around double-trigger RSUs that vest on the IPO date
• Creating 10b5-1 trading plans
• Estate planning and charitable-giving opportunities
• Making decisions despite uncertain valuations and IPO timing

5. Post-IPO Case Studies And Strategies For Clients (45 minutes)
Kristin McKenna, Darrow Wealth Management; Chloé Moore, Financial Staples
4:15–5:00pm ET, 1:15–2:00pm PT

• Preparing for lockup releases
• Coordinating sales with company blackout and window periods
• Checklist of post-IPO issues, including an understanding of the client's life goals beyond lower taxes
• Transition from illiquid private company equity to a concentrated public company stock position
• Ways to diversity and/or protect concentrated stock wealth

Can't make the live event? No problem!
All registered attendees get unlimited streaming access to the event recording for their personal viewing, along with the presentation slide decks and handouts.

"myStockOptions is my first go-to source for in-depth dives and unparalleled education." —Olga Mavrody, CPA

CE CREDITS
The live event will offer 4.5 CE credits for:

• Certified Financial Planners (CFP)
• Investment Advisor Representatives (IAR, "Products & Practice" category)
• CPE for CPAs (including completion certificate with NASBA info)
• CPWA/CIMA professionals
• Certified Equity Professionals (CEP)
• Equity Compensation Associates (ECA)

The live event will offer 4.0 CE credits for Enrolled Agents (EA). CFAs may self-determine and self-report 3.5 CE credits.

The recording of the event offers CE credits only for CFP, CPWA/CIMA, CEP/ECA, and CFA.

CPE Program level: Intermediate
CPE Prerequisite: Knowledge of stock compensation basics
CPE Advanced Prep: None
CPE Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based (webinar)
CPE Field Of Study: Taxes – Technical

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