Topic
SPACs
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Free Writings + Perspectives
PIPE Transactions in Connection with SPAC Initial Business Combinations
By Anna T. Pinedo, Brian Hirshberg, Ryan Castillo
More and more SPACs are choosing to undertake PIPE transactions in connection with their initial business combinations. The capital raised in the PIPE transaction, which closes concurrent with the closing…
The D&O Diary
Rain on the SPAC Parade?
2020 has been called “the year of the SPAC.” (2020 has been called a lot of other things as well, but for purposes of this blog post, I am going…
Free Writings + Perspectives
The SEC Speaks in 2020: Division of Corporation Finance
On October 8, 2020, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance spoke at PLI’s The SEC Speaks in 2020 program, providing insights on recent developments, rulemakings, guidance and…
GT Israel Law Blog
GT Represents ARKO Holdings in $1.4 Billion Business Combination
GT represents Israeli company ARKO Holdings Ltd., in connection with the execution of a business merger with Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly traded special purposes acquisition company ("SPAC"). ARKO…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Webinar: IFR US ECM Roundtable: SPACs Boom onto the Market in 2020 as an Alternative to Traditional IPOs
Webinar Event October 13, 2020, 4:30pm EDT Register here. This year’s US ECM Roundtable will be held as a virtual two-part series, which will bring together senior market professionals to…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Are You Covered? Insurance Options for SPACs
By Yelena Dunaevsky (Woodruff Sawyer)
SPACs continue to be the hot topic of the day. Over a course of what seems like a few months they have catapulted from being a questionable fringe financial vehicle…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Amidst a global pandemic, why are so many companies rushing to go public via the SPAC, despite…
By Louis Lehot
Amidst a global pandemic, why are so many companies rushing to go public via the SPAC, despite producing lower returns for investors?By Louis Lehot, the founder of L2 Counsel, P.C.…
IPO, Then What?
2020: The Year of the SPAC
2020 has been a banner year for IPOs by special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. Over 100 SPAC IPOs have closed so far in 2020, with aggregate gross proceeds of…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Issues C&DI on Use of Form S-3 by SPACs
By Brian Hecht, Mark J. Reyes, Mark D. Wood
On September 21, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) addressing, and limiting, the ability of shell companies,…
Free Writings + Perspectives
SEC Staff Guidance on SPACs
Given the proliferation of SPAC IPOs (about which we have previously posted) and de-SPACing transactions, and the complexity of the SEC rules related to former shell companies, like SPACs, it is…