Private Market Liquidity: Exploring Paths and Strategies for Today's Companies

Learn why private companies looking to maximize the benefits of their equity compensation plans, should look to Morgan Stanley at Work for liquidity solutions..

Employees have real needs when it comes to managing their lifestyles, buying a home, or paying for their children’s education. Liquidity is even more important during economic instability because people don't have access to as much capital and credit is far more expensive or they are unable to keep up with inflation. If employees have equity value sitting on the side lines, they may want access to it rather than having to wait for the company to eventually go public.
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Did You Know? To date, Morgan Stanley at Work has executed over 290 of these issuer-led liquidity events worth over $22 billion. Companies can leverage our Shareworks platform to efficiently manage equity sales with certainty, give employees the flexibility to sell their shares, and run tender offer events as often as they need.
Trust and reputation are a really big deal. Whether you’re potentially scaling towards an IPO or augmenting your equity plan with liquidity, give yourself the time to understand the needs of different stakeholder groups and the space to comfortably manage the process.
Executive Director, Issuer Strategy

Erin Conolly, Executive Director, Issuer Strategy

Erin is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley with over 10 years of experience working with late stage, pre-IPO, private companies. Her passion for public offerings began when she came across her first unicorn IPO in 2017 and her love of IPOs grew from there. In 2021 Erin became the founding member of the Issuer Strategy team and assembled a team with expertise across the stock plan spectrum. Erin has her BA in International Business from San Jose State University and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She also spent 4 years in Boston on assignment, cultivating professional relationships in New England before returning to the Bay Area. Her credentials include Series 63, 7, and 24 FINRA Licenses.

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