In IPO generally involves financial companies called Investment Bank which help company in going public, these investment banks are called underwriters. So, the company that wants to go public enters into a kind of contract with the underwriter who in turn helps the issuer to sell the shares to the public. So , technically speaking it is the underwriter who sells the shares on behalf of the issuing company. So , it imperative that the underwriter/s are chosen with due caution as a lot of success of the IPO depends on them.
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