30 Jan, 2023 2022 De-SPAC Debrief By Michael Levitt Valerie Ford Jacob Sebastian Fain We're pleased to announce Freshfields' 2022 De-SPAC Debrief: A comprehensive review of all 102 de-SPAC transactions that closed in 2022....
12 Sep, 2022 Acquiring a De-SPACed Company – Key M&A Considerations By Jenny Hochenberg Brayden Koslowsky This article originally appeared in the ABA Business Law Today on September 12, 2022. The SPAC IPO Market and the De-SPAC Market Have...
29 Jun, 2022 Freshfields Sends Comments to SEC on SPAC / De-SPAC Rulemaking Proposal By Michael Levitt Jeremy Barr Brian Lewis Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has provided a comment letter to the Securities & Exchange Commission with respect to the SEC’s...
29 Apr, 2022 Freshfields Partners Not Alarmed By Slump In SPAC Deals By Michael Levitt Sebastian Fain The following article was originally published by Law360 on April 22, 2022. Click here to view. Although SPAC mergers and IPOs are at...
11 Apr, 2022 SPAC to the Future? SEC Takes Aim at the De-SPAC By Michael Levitt Valerie Ford Jacob Pamela Marcogliese The SEC has issued its long-awaited rule proposals regarding SPACs and de-SPACs. The proposals, if adopted, will significantly alter the...
01 Apr, 2022 SEC Issues Guidance on SPAC Sponsors Purchasing Shares During a Redemption Offer By Jeremy Barr Fatima Anjum Pamela Marcogliese On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published a new compliance and disclosure interpretation...
24 Jan, 2022 2021 De-SPAC Debrief By Michael Levitt Valerie Ford Jacob Sebastian Fain Pamela Marcogliese Paul Tiger Andrea Basham +3 more... Show less We’re pleased to announce Freshfields’ 2021 De-SPAC Debrief: A comprehensive review of all de-SPAC transactions that closed in 2021. 2021...
14 Jan, 2022 Freshfields partner and co-head of US Corporate and M&A Ethan Klingsberg talks M&A in 2022 with Bloomberg TV By Ethan Klingsberg Partner and co-head of US Corporate and M&A Ethan Klingsberg recently appeared on Bloomberg Markets: The Close to discuss what he sees as...
12 Jan, 2022 M&A predictions for 2022: where the tensions, the action and the hot spots will be and why By Ethan Klingsberg As the 2022 pipeline continues to flow, here’s a quick preview of where the tensions, action and hot spots will be in M&A this year,...
16 Jul, 2021 Clogged PIPE Market Leading to Alternative Financing Structures in Some De-SPAC Business Combinations By Valerie Ford Jacob Sebastian Fain Michael Levitt The standard PIPE playbook for de-SPAC business combinations in the last 12-18 months has been remarkably consistent: a SPAC wall crosses...
07 May, 2021 SEC Scrutiny Spooked The SPAC Market, But Won't Stifle It By Andrea Basham Kimberly Zelnick Michael Levitt The following article was published by Law360 on May 7, 2021. It was written by Benjamin Horney. Click here to view. The pace of special...
27 Apr, 2021 Tower Versus Tower: Implications of SPAC Shareholder Litigation for the D&O Insurance World By Boris Feldman Historically, bubbles are followed by suits. After the Dot-Com Boom came the Dot-Com Bust, along with years of shareholder litigation....