The Oxford Handbook of IPOs

This book is an excellent collection of academic papers on a variety of IPO related topics. The first half of the book mostly covers various predictors of IPO outcomes from an economics perspective, but starting at chapter 14 (an amazing piece by Sébastien Dereeper and Armin Schwienbacher on the structure and the role of underwriting syndicates) the papers start focusing more on the legal framework of IPOs and international comparisons of different regulatory regimes.

I do wish there was more connective tissue between the chapters, or at least a reduction in intros about why IPOs are important (by the third time you read it it's already grating, and there are 29 chapters..). Overall though this is an incredibly thorough book on IPOs, and while it's quite long you'll come out with a much better understanding of this important area of business and markets. Highly recommend