Our 2022 IPO corporate governance survey reviews governance structures at the time of the IPO for the largest U.S.-listed IPOs of “controlled” and non-“controlled” companies betwe...
Davis Polk has launched a new interactive series of webinars for companies that have recently gone public via a de-SPAC business combination transaction. This program is designed for seni...
Davis Polk has launched a new interactive series of webinars for companies that have recently gone public via a de-SPAC business combination transaction. This program is designed for seni...
In March 2022, the SEC proposed a sweeping set of rules relating to SPACs, SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions that the SEC indicated would ensure “greater transparency and more robust i...
Davis Polk is delighted to announce the launch of a new interactive series of webinars for companies that have recently gone public via a de-SPAC business combination transaction. This pr...
SPACs remain in the SEC’s crosshairs with this comprehensive rule proposal that expands the scope of underwriter liability, amends the scope of a safe harbor for financial projections a...
Updated September 3, 2021Recently a purported shareholder of certain SPACs initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies under the Investment Company Act...
The SEC continued its recent focus on SPACs by filing charges against both sides of a planned but not yet completed SPAC merger, including charges against the SPAC and its CEO for adoptin...
This week, the staff of the SEC issued a statement expressing a view that, despite the widespread practice to the contrary, most warrants issued in connection with a SPAC transaction shou...
A recent guilty conviction, after a jury trial, shows how complex and fraught the zigzag path to marijuana legalization is in the payments space. At a time when the federal government has...
