May 27, 2021

SPACs: A Trending Way to Go Public

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First introduced in the 1990s, special purpose acquisition corporations, or SPACs, have recently gained a strong foothold as an investment vehicle for going public. In this episode of our podcast, Blakes lawyers Norbert Knutel and Jill Davis tell us more about SPACs and what makes them a hot IPO alternative.

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