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SPACs
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Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Foley Event Key Takeaways- Ready for Anything: Preparing for IPOs, SPACs, and Unexpected Capital…
By Louis Lehot
Foley Event Key Takeaways- Ready for Anything: Preparing for IPOs, SPACs, and Unexpected Capital Market ShiftThis article originally appeared on Foley on December 4, 2025: Foley Event Key Takeaways- Ready for…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Going Public Through SPACs or IPOs Affects Governance and Growth
The rise of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as an alternative pathway to public markets represents one of the most significant features of entrepreneurial ventures in the last few years.…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Ready for Anything: Preparing for IPOs, SPACs, and Unexpected Capital Market Shifts
By Louis Lehot
Foley & Lardner is proud to host Protiviti, SS&C Intralinks and NASDAQ for our next capital markets event in our Palo Alto office on Wednesday, December 3rd from 4:30–7:00 pm.Ready…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
SPAC 4.0: From Spectacular Failures to a Disciplined Renaissance
By Louis Lehot
This article by Louis Lehot and Alexandre Turqueto originally appeared on FOLEY on September 30, 2025: SPAC 4.0: From Spectacular Failures to a Disciplined RenaissanceKey Takeaways:SPACs have evolved through four…
PrawfsBlawg
Today in Dynastic-Corruption-Under-Mercantilism News
Main Monday, August 04, 2025Today in Dynastic-Corruption-Under-Mercantilism NewsThe Wall Street Journal reports that two members of the Trump Family political/financial criminal enterprise--presidential sons Eric and Donald Jr.--are "helping to launch…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Backing Into an IPO
Sarah Abrams Over recent years, many companies have pursued paths for going public as an alternative to a traditional IPO, including, for example, through a reverse merger, and or a…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SPACs Create Value, but Agency Costs Loom
By Felix Feng, Tom Nohel, Xuan Tian, Wenyu Wang, Yufeng Wu
Once heralded as the “hottest thing in finance,”[1] special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs accounted for more than 60 percent of all IPO activity in 2021[2]. But the SPAC market…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: SPACs are Back
Sarah Abrams In the wake of the SPAC IPO frenzy in 2021, SPAC activity cratered. However, as detailed in the following guest post from Sarah Abrams, there are signs that…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SPACs, Multiplan, and the DExit That Wasn’t
By Kirby Smith
Delaware courts reserve their entire fairness standard of review – the state’s “most onerous standard” – for, among others, cases involving conflicted controllers.[1] In recent years, there is a view…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:J. Clayton Burnheimer, Comment, SPACS: Sponsor Compensation, Redemption Rights, and Congressional Oversight, 2023 Mich. St. L. Rev.…