ACG Webinar: How SPACs are Changing the IPO and M&A Markets

Jonas Grossman is President of Chardan where he oversees the firm’s global capital markets initiatives including deal origination, syndication and secondary market sales and trading. Mr. Grossman and Chardan have acted as underwriter on 68 SPAC IPOs since 2004 that have generated gross proceeds of approximately $9.0 billion.

Tina Pappas has over 25 years of investment banking experience and leads Jefferies’ SPAC practice.  She has completed 47 SPAC transactions, including 32 SPAC initial public offerings and 15 closed SPAC M&A transactions.

David Boris has over 30 years of Wall Street experience in mergers and corporate finance and has been involved in approximately 20 SPAC transactions as an advisor, investment banker and/or officer or board member, including ten business combinations totaling over $5.0 billion. 

Jared Kelly’s practice focuses on corporate finance transactions across the capital structure, including equity and debt securities offerings, traditional bank finance transactions, high yield bond issuances and convertible debt instruments. He also counsels companies in the energy, fintech, media and manufacturing industries regarding disclosure and corporate governance.

Craig Lilly is a leading legal advisor for strategics and private equity clients on domestic and cross-border technology acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, recapitalizations, auctions, leveraged buyouts, and minority investments. He has been quoted in, or contributed to, articles and features in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Financier Worldwide, The Deal Magazine, Reuters, CFO.com and other major publications.