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Guide to D&O Insurance for De-SPAC Transactions, 2025 Edition [Report]

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There is significant complexity to the process of protecting a company and its directors and officers as they undertake the process of going public. This resource is your guide to the D&O insurance process for de-SPAC...more

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SPAC Sponsor Liability and Insurance Solutions

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The SPAC market is finally making a comeback. As we enter a period of the long-awaited SPAC revival, some liability dangers persist. Two common questions that keep being raised by our clients are: How much liability...more

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A New Generation of SPACs Leads the Way Into 2025

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After a two-and-a-half-year lull in SPAC activity, the second half of 2024 brought glimmers of sunshine to the otherwise gloomy world of SPACs. New SPAC IPO activity picked up pace in the summer of 2024 and continued to grow,...more

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D&O Looking Ahead Guide - D&O Considerations for 2023

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The first half of 2022 brought rapid and dramatic change to the world of US public company D&O insurance. It feels like 2021 is a distant memory: the hot IPO market has cooled, SPAC IPOs have ground to a near halt, and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Top D&O Insurance Considerations for SPACs and SPAC Targets

Litigation stemming from the meteoric rise of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) transactions means Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance coverage requires heighted attention. Unlike a traditional IPO, where the...more

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Get Your Board On Board with Limiting SPAC-Related Litigation Risk

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Although Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have been around for decades, only recently have they experienced an incredible surge in popularity and, inevitably, attention from regulators and plaintiffs’ law firms....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

What Am I Getting Myself Into? Five Questions Prospective SPAC Directors Should Ask

With 247 special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) going public in 2020 and another 298 in the first quarter of 2021, SPAC sponsors have knocked on many doors to find directors....more

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