The Latest SPAC News and Rumors: July 26, 2021
by Marlena Haddad on 2021-07-26 at 11:32am

Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. 

Latest SPAC News: Canoo names former diplomat as its president, and Bloomberg Law reports law firms are cashing in on de-SPACs


Electric Car Startup Canoo Names Former Diplomat As President

Electric car startup Canoo Inc (NYSE:GOEV.O) on Monday named Josette Sheeran, a former diplomat, as its president.

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV completed its $1.84 billion business combination with Canoo on December 21.

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The SPAC Explosion Dimmed But Law Firms Are Still Cashing Checks

SPACs are no longer raising record levels of new cash, but that’s OK with White & Case partner Joel Rubinstein. Bloomberg Law reported that Rubinstein is optimistic the summer vacations many capital markets lawyers missed out on a year ago might return this August.

While the wave of SPAC IPOs seems to have gone out as fast as it came, some Big Law capital markets attorneys have moved on to the more lucrative, second step in the SPAC process—advising blank check companies in their go-public acquisitions, known as “de-SPACs.”

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The Latest SPAC News and Rumors: July 26, 2021
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by Nicholas Alan Clayton on 2025-07-14 at 12:51pm

Cayson Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:CAPN) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with boutique investment firm Mango Financial for $300 million in equity consideration. Hong Kong-based Mango provides a range of M&A and equity capital markets advisory services to clients considering listings in China and the US. The combined company is expected to trade on...

by Nicholas Alan Clayton on 2025-07-14 at 11:13am

Trailblazer (NASDAQ:BLZRU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to bring a first-time team to market with serial sponsor terms. The new SPAC is offering investors a 1/3 warrant in each unit and it is the first SPAC filed so far this month with 24 months on its initial transaction clock. All other July SPACs...

by Kristi Marvin on 2025-07-14 at 9:19am

This week, we speak with Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov about the company’s $2.2 billion dollar combination with Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:CCIR). Few companies have been had to forge themselves in the flames recently quite like Ukraine’s leading telecom and digital services provider Kyivstar. Now, Kyivstar is not only telling that story but pitching it to...

by Nicholas Alan Clayton on 2025-07-14 at 8:30am

At the SPAC of Dawn The market still has one full trading session before it adds Tuesday’s Core CPI reading and a variety of Fed comments to messaging it is already ingesting on US President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy. SPACs are meanwhile continuing on with business as usual, with Cayson (NASDAQ:CAPN) announcing the third...

by Kristi Marvin on 2025-07-12 at 10:02am

Terms Tracker for the Week Ending July 11, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. One more IPO priced this week bringing July’s total to 8. However, there are still three more weeks left in the month so that number...

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