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A New Generation of SPACs Leads the Way Into 2025 | JD Supra

Jan 17, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

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, finishing the year at a respectable 57 IPOs, with $9.6 billion raised. Seventy-three business combinations valued at almost $38 billion closed in 2024, with 61 additional announced and pending.
SPAC Risk Update with Doug Ellenoff: What to Expect in 2025 | JD Supra

Jan 9, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

How Did SPAC Market Do in 2024? Yelena Dunaevsky: We definitely saw an uptick in the number of deals in the second half of 2024 after an incredibly quiet couple of years. How do you think the SPAC market did in 2024? Doug Ellenoff: The SPAC market continued to plug along in 2024, but it was still a very difficult struggle for business combinations. The market got better, but it didn't get easy. I think some of the trading results are better. Not uniformly, for sure.
SPAC Risk Update with Doug Ellenoff: What to Expect in 2025

Jan 7, 2025 | woodruffsawyer.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

The second half of 2024 saw a significant uptick in SPAC activity both on the IPO and deal side. With the new Trump administration and several SPAC-friendly appointments, many anticipate continued positive momentum for the SPAC universe in 2025, but a few risks and uncertainties remain. To gain some perspective on what may be ahead, I spoke with Doug Ellenoff, founder of the top law firm in the SPAC market, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole.
Secondary Transactions: Risk, Insurance, and Due Diligence | JD Supra

Nov 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

In the reps and warranties insurance (RWI) space, we are seeing more secondary transactions come across our desks. We're also seeing more willingness from insurers to cover these deals. To discuss this trend, I sat down with my former colleague and now associate general counsel at Centerbridge Partners, Dierk Flemming. This article is a summary of our conversation. For more insights, you can watch our entire discussion below.
The Auditors’ View of the Current SPAC Market | JD Supra

Nov 8, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

The SPAC market is chugging along with several IPOs and multiple deals being announced and closed. Although it's great to see this kind of activity again, the SPAC market is never without its challenges. For this edition of the SPAC Notebook, I speak with two members of Withum's Financial Services' audit team, Joe Fede and Disha Patel, to discuss the current state of the SPAC market and what we can expect in the near future. This article includes highlights of our conversation, edited for clarity.
Will New HSR Rules Lead to Costlier RWI Interim Breach Coverage? | JD Supra

Nov 1, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

On October 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), aiming to fill information gaps and ensure effective antitrust review, voted to adopt new rules for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification form and reporting process. Not surprisingly, these rules will require merger parties to disclose more information with their premerger notification form than they needed to before. More disclosure is likely to result in merger parties taking more time to make their HSR filings.
Months In Brief Archive

Nov 1, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Yelena Dunaevsky |Acquisitions Law |Gabin Park

CURRENT MONTH (October 2024)New HSR Rules May Require Longer Interim Coverage Periods in Reps & Warranties PoliciesBy Yelena Dunaevsky, Esq., SVP & Partner, Transactional Insurance, Woodruff SawyerOn October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), aiming to fill information gaps and ensure effective antitrust review, voted to adopt new rules for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification form and reporting process.
Financial Accounting and Reporting for SPACs: Expert Tip | JD Supra

Oct 4, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

"September has been a busy month in the SPAC market. New IPO filings are coming to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and new deals are being announced and closed. It's great to see this kind of activity after such a long pause."We’ll focus on some things SPAC issuers and deal teams are doing differently for this SPAC 4.0 phase, especially in the area of financial statement readiness and accounting.
Months In Brief Archive

Aug 1, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Acquisitions Law |Chauncey M. Lane |Yelena Dunaevsky |Josiah Chacko

CURRENT MONTH (July 2024)By Josiah Chacko, Southern Methodist University School of LawOn June 10, 2024, the Delaware Court of Chancery allowed several counts of alleged fraud in the form of promises by a buyer regarding earn-out provisions in the purchase price of an acquisition to survive a motion to dismiss.[1] WCG Clinical Services LLC (“WCG”) acquired Dave Young’s health care technology company, Trifecta Multimedia Holdings Inc.
Incorporating in Cayman | JD Supra

Jul 31, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Yelena Dunaevsky

Alexandra Low: With our firm, there is a rapid turnaround time for incorporation once we get the compliance requirements to set up either the sponsor entity or the SPAC entity.