Recent Developments Highlight SPAC Securities And Shareholder Litigation Risks | Vinson & Elkins LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As the wave of SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions continues to build, so too has the scrutiny of these transactions from the SEC and the shareholder plaintiff’s bar. On April 8, 2021, the SEC gave its clearest warning yet among a series of recent signals that it plans to intensify its review of de-SPAC transactions. Most recently, the SEC raised the possibility that statements in a de-SPAC transaction proxy statement fall within the IPO exclusion to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (“PSLRA”) safe harbor for forward...