Brian DeChesare

JULY 20, 2022

About a year and a half ago, I published an article and video about SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles) that attracted a fair amount of controversy. Now that the market has had a major correction and we’ve seen many SPAC deals play out, I wanted to look back and see if my views have changed. SPAC vs IPO – Excel Models (XL).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

1: How Did the Activists Vote?

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 22, 2022

Twitter vs. Musk: Musk’s Opposition to Expedited Proceedings. SEC Proposed Reforms of SPACs: A Comment from Andrew Tuch. Tags: Capital formation , Comment letters , IPOs , Mergers & acquisitions , SEC , Securities litigation , SPACs , Special purpose vehicles. Genuine Commitment and Explicit Net Zero Targets.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

On November 24th, Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) brought together experts from across financial services to discuss current activity and prospects for special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”). What’s Driving the Interest in SPACs. Going Public via a SPAC vs. an IPO or Direct Listing.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

On September 24, Cooley M&A partner, Garth Osterman, moderated a webinar on the current trend in going public: SPACs! For more background information on SPAC transactions, check out this report that Cooley co-authored with Deloitte & Touche. compares to the prior two iterations of SPAC activity, with the first (SPAC 1.0)

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 24, 2024

1] We’ve all taken tough positions: Beatles vs. Stones; Yankees vs. Mets; Coke vs. Pepsi. Jack was focused on mandatory vs. voluntary disclosure. The SPAC rules ensure that similar protections apply to investors in these non-traditional IPOs of private companies as much as they do for investors in traditional IPOs.

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Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 19, 2022

FSG Investment Banking: What the Financial Sponsors Group Does The Financial Sponsors Group vs. the Financial Institutions Group The Financial Sponsors Group vs. Leveraged Finance vs. Debt Capital Markets Recruiting: Who Gets Into the Financial Sponsors Group? The Financial Sponsors Group vs. the Financial Institutions Group.

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