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Securities And Capital Markets

Prospectus

Drafting a prospectus manually requires extensive research across SEC guidelines, EDGAR filings, and legal templates while extracting data from multiple business documents. Securities attorneys spend 12+ hours coordinating financial data, risk disclosures, and compliance requirements, with constant pressure to meet filing deadlines while ensuring regulatory accuracy.

Automation ROI

Time savings at a glance

Manual workflow12 hoursAverage time your team spends by hand
With CaseMark12 minutesDelivery time with CaseMark automation
EfficiencySave 60.0x time with CaseMark

The Problem

Drafting a prospectus manually requires extensive research across SEC guidelines, EDGAR filings, and legal templates while extracting data from multiple business documents. Securities attorneys spend 12+ hours coordinating financial data, risk disclosures, and compliance requirements, with constant pressure to meet filing deadlines while ensuring regulatory accuracy.

The CaseMark Solution

CaseMark automates prospectus creation by intelligently extracting key information from your business plans and financial documents, then generating SEC-compliant sections with verified citations to official resources. The platform searches authoritative sources like EDGAR and bar association guidelines to ensure every disclosure meets regulatory standards, reducing 12 hours of work to just 12 minutes.

Key benefits

How CaseMark automations transform your workflow

Generate complete 10-section prospectus documents in 12 minutes instead of 12+ hours

Automatic extraction of financial data, business details, and management information from uploaded documents

Built-in compliance verification with citations to SEC guidelines, EDGAR formats, and GAAP standards

Web-verified risk factors and disclosure language from authoritative securities law resources

Consistent formatting aligned with official SEC prospectus requirements and best practices

What you'll receive

Cover Page
Executive Summary
Risk Factors
Use of Proceeds
Description of the Business
Management and Governance
Financial Information
Legal Proceedings
Terms of the Offering
Signatures and Certifications

Document requirements

Required

  • Business Plan
  • Financial Statements
  • Offering Terms Sheet

Optional

  • Management Biographies
  • Legal Proceedings Records
  • Previous Prospectus or Offering Documents

Perfect for

Securities Attorney
Corporate Counsel
Capital Markets Lawyer
Transactional Associate
Legal Operations Manager
Paralegal (Corporate)

Also useful for

This workflow is applicable across multiple practice areas and use cases

Corporate Finance98% relevant

Corporate finance attorneys regularly prepare prospectus documents for debt offerings, bond issuances, and other capital raising activities that require SEC compliance and disclosure documentation.

Prospectus preparation is a core corporate finance activity, as companies raising capital through various financing mechanisms must comply with securities regulations and provide comprehensive disclosure documents to investors.

VC and PE firms need prospectus-style disclosure documents for fund formation, limited partner offerings, and when portfolio companies pursue public offerings or private placements requiring detailed business and financial disclosures.

While many VC/PE transactions are private, fund formation and certain portfolio company exits require SEC-compliant offering documents with similar structure and disclosure requirements as public prospectuses.

M&A attorneys use prospectus documents when transactions involve stock offerings as consideration, public company mergers requiring proxy statements, or when preparing disclosure documents for shareholder approval of major transactions.

Many M&A transactions, particularly those involving public companies or stock-for-stock mergers, require SEC-compliant disclosure documents that follow prospectus-like formats and include similar business, financial, and risk disclosures.

Loan And Financing72% relevant

Financing attorneys preparing offering memoranda for debt securities, convertible notes, or structured finance products can leverage prospectus templates to create comprehensive disclosure documents for institutional lenders and investors.

Debt offerings and complex financing arrangements often require detailed disclosure documents similar to equity prospectuses, including business descriptions, financial information, risk factors, and use of proceeds sections.

Frequently asked questions

Q

How does CaseMark ensure SEC compliance in prospectus drafting?

A

CaseMark searches and cites official SEC resources, EDGAR filing formats, and securities law guidelines to ensure every section meets regulatory disclosure requirements. The platform verifies compliance standards against authoritative sources and includes proper citations throughout the document.

Q

What documents do I need to upload to generate a prospectus?

A

You'll need your business plan, financial statements, and offering terms sheet as required documents. Optional uploads like management biographies and legal proceedings records help CaseMark create more comprehensive and accurate sections with less manual input.

Q

Can CaseMark draft risk factors specific to my industry?

A

Yes, CaseMark analyzes your business documents and searches securities law resources to identify industry-specific risks and standard disclosure language. The platform generates tailored risk factors while ensuring they meet SEC best practices for investor protection.

Q

How long does it take to create a prospectus with AI automation?

A

CaseMark generates a complete draft prospectus in approximately 12 minutes after you upload your documents. This replaces the typical 12+ hour manual process of researching formats, extracting data, and drafting compliant sections.

Q

Does the AI verify financial information against GAAP standards?

A

CaseMark extracts financial data from your uploaded statements and searches for GAAP-compliant formatting standards from accounting and legal resources. The platform ensures financial sections follow proper presentation requirements and includes citations to auditing standards.

Q

Can I customize the prospectus sections after CaseMark generates them?

A

Absolutely. CaseMark creates a comprehensive first draft with all required sections and compliance citations, which you can then review and customize. This gives you a strong foundation while maintaining full attorney control over the final document.

Q

How does CaseMark handle management background verification?

A

CaseMark extracts management information from uploaded documents and can perform web searches to verify backgrounds against public sources. The platform follows legal standards from bar association ethics guidelines to ensure proper disclosure of key personnel qualifications and ownership.