The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the current Trump administration has swiftly adopted a new agenda. Some of the first initiatives dealt with shareholder engagement and shareholder proposals. These...more
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules governing initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and subsequent combinations between...more
Introduction – what are SPACs? A Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or ‘SPAC,’ is a company created with cash only for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses (the UK ‘blank-check company’ is very similar). SPACs...more