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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HKEX and SFC Reduce Barriers for Specialist Technology Company IPOs and De-SPACs

查看中文 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have announced a temporary relaxation of the minimum market capitalization requirements for Specialist Technology Company...more

DarrowEverett LLP

SEC’s New Rules Give SPACs, Target Companies Much to Consider

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On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Taking Stock of SPACs: 2022 Trends in Review

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Plenty has changed since January 2022, when we last examined developing trends in the SPAC market. Since then, the macroeconomic environment shifted dramatically due to rising inflation, increasing interest rates, and the war...more

Morgan Lewis

A Look at the SPAC Market in 2022

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A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) is a blank-check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with one or more businesses. While SPACs are not new, they have recently increased in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Choppy Market for SPACs and PIPEs, Competition for Targets Spurs Deal Innovations

Takeaways - While the SPAC IPO and PIPE markets were challenging in 2021, the enormous amounts of capital already raised should drive merger activity in 2022. As more shareholders choose to redeem shares and potential...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Encourages Listings by Foreign Companies, SPACs

Takeaways - Greater China companies operating in any industry can now obtain secondary listings in Hong Kong, provided they meet market capitalization minimums. Recent Listing Rules amendments also allow some companies...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SPACs Considering German Targets Face Unique Challenges

Takeaways - German technology and mid-cap growth companies may find a combination with a U.S. SPAC appealing, but must prepare to meet public capital market requirements. Arranging adequate PIPE funding is crucial to...more

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SPAC 2021 Year-End Review and 2022 Preview: Tailwinds, Headwinds, and Regulatory Landscape

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The SPAC market has withstood many challenges throughout 2021, including softening of the private investment in public equity (PIPE) market for a majority of the year after a very robust first quarter for initial business...more

Cooley LLP

2021 Update: 10 Key Considerations for Going Public with a SPAC

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It is a reasonable extrapolation – and we are nothing at Cooley if not wildly reasonable – that, since the beginning of time, more operating companies are considering going public through a merger with a SPAC (Special Purpose...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - October 2021

This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed or planning to list on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In particular,...more

Morgan Lewis

Important Considerations for SPAC Investments in the Automotive and Mobility Sectors

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Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been around for decades, but have grown in size and prominence in recent years. Last year, 237 SPAC IPOs raised approximately $80 billion. Q1 2021 eclipsed that entire year’s...more

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How the SPAC Frenzy Is Conquering the Clean Energy World

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Transactions involving a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) accounted for more than 50% of new publicly listed US companies in 2020. Described as the new way to go public, SPAC transactions have proven to be an...more

Proskauer - 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 on “key capital...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

The Ripples Behind the SPAC Wave

The past year saw a burst in popularity of SPACs. More than half of companies that went public in 2020 did so using a SPAC on their way to raising over $80 billion in proceeds, and so far in 2021 SPAC offerings far outpace...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SPACs: Reshaping M&A and IPOs for European Companies

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also referred to as “blank check” companies, have reached record numbers in the United States, with 242 SPACs conducting an initial public offering (IPO) on either NYSE or Nasdaq...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SPACs Explained, in Five Minutes or Less

In the financial world, 2020 was the year of the SPAC. During the past few years, many Silicon Valley start-ups were chomping at the bit to get listed and cash out via initial public offering (IPO). And in 2020, over half of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Year of the SPAC

Transactions by special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, exploded in 2020, resulting in a 320% increase in the number of SPAC initial public offerings (IPOs) compared to 2019. SPACs have been around for 15 years and...more

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Alternative Routes To Going Public: Initial Public Offering, De-SPAC Or Direct Listing

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Private companies go public for a variety of reasons, including: •raising capital- •providing liquidity for existing owners- •establishing publicly traded currency for acquisitions... ...more

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