13Jan
Recent SPAC Litigation Tied To Short Seller Scrutiny
2020 was the year of the special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), with over $ 70 billion raised in deal value, a five-fold increase over 2019. SPACs are a large, growing and ebullient market. A SPAC is a shell company with no operations that raises capital in an initial public offering (“IPO”) for the purpose of merging with and taking public an unspecified existing company. SPACs can be a faster and more efficient method of going public, compared to the conventional direct or underwritten...
By:
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
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