Partner Asim Grabowski-Shaikh will speak on a panel titled “The SPAC Advantage as an ‘Alternative IPO’ Technique” at The SPAC Conference 2025, June 17-18, in Rye, New York. Points to be covered include:
- Faster to public market than traditional underwritten IPOs
- Ability to share forecasts with investors (with resulting potential for higher valuation)
- Satisfying public company governance standards, including board composition and reporting
structures - Reduced market volatility risks – SPAC mergers have a fixed valuation, offering more stability in
unpredictable markets - Flexibility in deal structures – custom deal terms such as earnouts and PIPE financing, to attract
high-potential private companies into going public - Lower barrier to IPO – SPACs help bypass a lengthy and costly traditional IPO process
- Attractive to institutional investors that may not typically invest in smaller, underserved market
segments - Less dependence on underwriting – how companies in overlooked sectors can bypass the
challenges of securing traditional IPO underwriters
