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SPACs
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Indochine Counsel Blog
SPACs in Vietnam
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, are all the rage at the moment. In 2020, SPACs raised $83 billion in proceeds from their IPOs and already in the first quarter…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Louis Lehot Quoted in The Information on SPAC Boom and Founder Control
By Louis Lehot
Louis Lehot, partner with Foley & Lardner, was recently quoted in The Information in an article entitled, “SPAC Boom Helps Tech Founders Cement Control.” The article examines how mergers with…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Arnold & Porter Discusses Delaware Case on SPACs and Breaches of Fiduciary Duties
By Alexander Gendzier, Teresa L. Johnson, Nicholas O'Keefe
The complaint filed in Franchi v. Multiplan Corp. et al. in the Chancery Court of Delaware on April 9, 2021 [1], has received a fair amount of attention because it…
Minding Your Business
SEC Chair Gensler Testifies on “Unprecedented Surge” in SPACs
SPACs remain on everyone’s mind, especially the country’s chief regulator. On May 26, 2021, SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on “key…
The Capital Commitment
SPACs: Sure, Proceedings Are Coming
Proskauer’s Asset Management Litigation partner Dorothy Murray recently authored an article on litigation risks of SPACs. Dorothy details why the recent popularity of this latest incarnation of so-called “blank cheque”…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
The SPAC Slowdown: What You Need to Know
By Louis Lehot
By Louis Lehot, a business lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP in San Francisco and Silicon ValleySpecial-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), organizations that raise funds in the public markets for the purpose…
Corporate Defense and Disputes
SEC Chair Gensler Testifies on “Unprecedented Surge” in SPACs
SPACs remain on everyone’s mind, especially the country’s chief regulator. On May 26, 2021, SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
The SPAC Slowdown: What You Need to Know | Human Engineers
By Louis Lehot
By | Louis Lehot | Business lawyerSpecial-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), organizations that raise funds in the public markets for the purpose of acquiring a private company and taking it public, had…
Free Writings + Perspectives
SEC Chair Gives Testimony on IPO and SPAC Market
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler was back on the Hill, this time testifying before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, US House Appropriations Committee. During his…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
SPAC a useful tool in Lion Electric going public in Canada and U.S.: Stikeman lawyers
Special purpose acquisition corporation model allowed for tax advantages and dual listing