In the wake of an unprecedented SPAC boom, investors and dealmakers face fresh challenges. While many companies fought short attacks after listing via SPAC, there is now scope for more traditional long-side activism to emerge in beaten-down stocks. At the...

By Dan McDermott “The VP of the A&R department asked me to sit on his lap in the middle of an executive meeting. I refused and notified the President of Atlantic Records. I was fired the next day.” – Dorothy...

By Lawrence Elbaum and Patrick Gadson Few financial market frenzies have matched the intensity of last year’s boom in special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers. SPACs — which raise capital through an IPO, seek a private company to merge with,...

By Daniella Parra Vinson & Elkins announced this week that M&A and capital markets lawyer John Johnston has joined as counsel in New York.   Johnston began his career at Vinson & Elkins and then worked for Baker Botts, but...

By Rebecca Fike, Jake Beach, and Jacob Mathew at Vinson & Elkins LLP The SEC has been busy under the Biden administration. From rulemaking to enforcement, the agency is pushing boundaries and expanding its reach into new and active areas...

The second annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum will held on Thursday, February 9 (following a hurricane-related postponement from November), featuring a full day of panels and fireside chats followed by a cocktail reception at the rooftop ballroom of The Ben Hotel in...

The second annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum has been postponed due to the approaching tropical storm and associated Hurricane Watch. CorpGov will select a new date later this week. The event, featuring a full day of panels and fireside chats,...

By Rebecca Fike, Jake Beach, and Jacob Mathew at Vinson & Elkins LLP The SEC has been busy under the Biden administration. From rulemaking to enforcement, the agency is pushing boundaries and expanding its reach into new and active areas...

The second annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum will held on Wednesday, November 9, featuring a full day of panels and fireside chats followed by a cocktail reception at the rooftop ballroom of The Ben Hotel in West Palm Beach, FL....

By John Jannarone and Jarrett Banks Steve Schwartzman is going full feudal. F. Scott Fitzgerald was once criticized for hiding under a parasol in the Côte d’Azur during the Great Depression. Blackstone Inc. founder and CEO Steve Schwartzman, facing an...