Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

Mintz is advising Vicarious Surgical Inc., a robotics company developing technology that combines human-like surgical robots and virtual reality to perform minimally invasive surgery, in a pending merger with special purpose acquisition company D8 Holdings Corp. that is expected to deliver up to $460 million in gross proceeds.

Mintz is advising DeepGreen Metals Inc., a company developing a new source of electric vehicle battery metals from polymetallic nodules found on the seafloor, in its proposed merger with Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on ESG.

Mintz analyzed PitchBook data to produce an in-depth report on the record rise in special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) fundraising in the US since 2020 and the recent increase in SPAC merger activity. We also explore how SPACs could evolve and litigation challenges to SPAC IPOs and transactions.

Mintz is acting as legal advisor to Quantum-SI Incorporated, developer of a pioneering semiconductor chip to sequence proteins, in its proposed business combination with HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by growth equity investment firm HighCape Capital LP.

Mintz’s SPAC Practice and Energy & Sustainability team advised Canaccord Genuity in the $207 million initial public offering (IPO) of Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. Trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “ENVIU,” the company will partner with businesses that generate positive environmental impacts.

Mintz represented XL Fleet in its merger with Pivotal Investment Corp. II, a publicly traded Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). XL Fleet plans to use the approximately $350 million in cash proceeds from the transaction to develop products to accelerate the electrification of fleet vehicles.

Mintz served as legal advisor to Butterfly Network Inc., an innovative digital health company, in its merger with Longview Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Glenview Capital Management, LLC.