TY  - BOOK
AU  - D'Alvia, Daniele
TI  - Mergers acquisitions and international financial regulation: : analysing special purpose acquisition companies
SN  - 9780367609863
U1  - 658.162 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Consolidation and merger of corporations
KW  - Financial institutions, International--Law and legislation
N1  - Table of Contents Introduction 1 Against debt: the remarkable story of SPACs 2 Towards a definition of SPACs: origin, limits and perspectives of SPACs in the US 3 SPACs between risk and uncertainty, and the role of the law 4 The international f inancial regulation of SPACs 5 De-SPAC: M&As, regulatory oversight, and securities litigation 6 SPACs: law, uncertainty and the market
N2  - This is a much-needed work in the financial literature, and it is the first book ever to analyse the use of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) from a theoretical and practical perspective. By the end of 2020, more than 240 SPACs were listed in the US (on NASDAQ or the NYSE), raising a record $83 billion. The SPAC craze has been shaking the US for months, mainly because of its simplicity: a bunch of investors decides to buy shares at a fixed price in a company that initially has no assets. In this way, a SPAC, also known as a "blank check company", is created as an empty shell with lots of money to spend on a corporate shopping spree.  Could the trend be here to stay? Are SPACs the new legitimate path to traditional IPO? This book tackles those questions and more. The author provides a thorough analysis of SPACs including their legal framework and how they are used as a risk mitigation tool to structure transactions. The main objectives of the book are focused on finding a working definition for SPACs and theorising on their origins, definition, and evolution; identifying the objectives of financial regulation within the context of the recent financial crisis (2007-2010) and the one that is currently unfolding (Covid-19); and also describing practical examples of SPACs through a comparative study that, for the first time, outlines every major capital market on which SPACs are listed, in order to identify a possible international standard of regulation.  The book is relevant to academics as well as policymakers, international financial regulators, corporate finance lawyers as well as to the financial industry tout court
ER  -