Elliott M. Smith
Panelist
Elliott Smith is a partner at White & Case, and a member of the Firm's Capital Markets Practice.
Elliott’s practice focuses on advising clients on corporate and securities matters, including IPOs, follow-on offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities. Elliott has particular experience representing SPACs and their sponsor teams in IPOs and back-end business combinations.
Elliott also advises public companies on corporate governance matters and compliance with federal securities laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
Topic
Wednesday June 12, 2024
SPAC-tavism - When Shareholder Activism and SPACs Meet
- Discussion of the new wave of activism in SPACs
- Importance of board selection and other activist factors
- Using SPAC-tivism to fuel success