An Introduction: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
January 1, 2020

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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
January 1, 2020
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) are companies formed to raise capital in an initial public offering with the purpose of using the proceeds to acquire one or more unspecified businesses or assets to be identified after the IPO.
This primer provides an overview of SPACs, including a comparison to an operating company IPO, their capitalization and economic structure, governance considerations, and the post-IPO target acquisition and subsequent De-SPAC process.
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