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What’s the Deal? – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
By Christian Choi, Carlos E. Juarez, Nicole Veru, Anna T. Pinedo
Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) are public shell companies that use their initial public offering (“IPO”) proceeds in order to acquire private companies within a specific timeframe. Although SPACs have…
The Blunt Truth®
Origo Acquisition Corporation Secures Additional Time for High Times Merger
By Mark Katzoff
In our June 12 blog post, we reported on a potential acquisition in the cannabis industry: As an illustration of the potential difficulties in an acquisition by a SPAC, in…
The Blunt Truth®
SPACs as an Exit Strategy for Cannabis Businesses
By Mark Katzoff
A developing market for owners of cannabis businesses looking for a potential buyer are SPACs, special purpose acquisition companies. SPACs raise money in public offerings with the purpose of acquiring…
Latham.London
The Recent Resurgence of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
By James Inness and Anna Ngo Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are companies that are incorporated for the purpose of making one or more strategic acquisitions. SPACs are also…
Capital Markets
Special Purpose Acquisition Company Offerings and Transactions
Houston Partners Michael Blankenship and Eric Johnson co-authored a Lexis Practice Advisor article, which discusses special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) offerings and transactions. In the article, the authors explain what a SPAC is, the…
Corporate Deal Source
Inside M&A – October 2015
McDermott Will & Emery has released the October 2015 issue of Inside M&A, which focuses on current issues surrounding special-purpose acquisition companies. Articles in this issue include: Overview of SPACs and…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
Alternatives to Traditional Securities Offerings
Introduction A traditional method of offering securities (as discussed in Chapters 1 and 2) may not be desirable or feasible due to challenging conditions in the capital markets or factors…
Corporate & Securities Law Blog
SPACs 2.0: New SPAC Rules Changes Approved By NASDAQ And NYSE AMEX And New Market Features Make SPACs A More Attractive Investment Vehicle In 2011
The last three quarters have seen a rebirth of initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition corporations (“SPAC”) brandishing new features and creative solutions to the problems that contributed to…
M & A Law Prof Blog
SPAC regulation
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
James Murray has recently posted a nice over-view of the regulation of Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (SPACs). You download it on SSRN - The Regulation and Pricing of Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation IPOs.Abstract:…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SPAC IPOs are Down
The number of "special purpose acquisition company" (SPAC) or "blank check" offerings has declined since the beginning of the year. In January and February 2008 11 of 20 IPOs were…