By: Joshua Davidson , Baker Botts LLP If you are internal counsel to a publicly traded corporation that has decided to form a master limited partnership (MLP) and would like to become better educated about MLPs before starting the IPO process, below...

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By: Stuart Gelfond and Joshua Wechsler , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Hayley Cohen , Tradeweb Item 503(c) (17 C.F.R. § 229.503) of Regulation S-K requires that an issuer include in its registration statement a risk factor disclosure...