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Comparing the SPAC Frameworks in Singapore and Hong Kong

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have taken the capital markets by storm lately. Operating at the intersection between securities regulation and the law relating to mergers and acquisitions, SPACs are...

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Umakanth Varottil

Resuscitating the London Stock Exchange

Whichever way you look at it, the London Stock Exchange is in secular decline. The number of companies listed on the exchange’s Main Market has fallen from over 4,400 in...

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Brian R Cheffins

The Future of the UK IPO

IPOs have long played a central role in how most companies go public and are traditionally seen as the culmination of successful growth for firms reaching a certain stage of...

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Clara Martins Pereira

SPACtivism

SPACs are on fire. Scholars and commentators have pointed out the flaws of SPACs, including the various agency problems they generate (Klausner 2021),and their utilization by sophisticated investors...

1 February 2022

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Gideon Parchomovsky

Risk and Repeat: How the Venture Capital Ecosystem Drives Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Antitrust regulators around the world, including in the UK, have recently proposed changes to merger review policies and enforcement strategies that will likely lead to heightened scrutiny—and increased costs...

12 January 2022

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D. Daniel Sokol

The UK SPAC Reform: Preliminary Remarks

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) found new life a few years ago and took the initial public offering (IPO) market by storm in 2020, raising a stunning $83 billion in...

6 September 2021

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Daniele D'Alvia

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