Haynes Boone Partners and Co-Chairs of the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group Rick Werner and Matt Fry led a Haynes Boone team in representing Globis Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its initial public offering, which closed Dec. 15, 2020.
Globis Acquisition is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that will benefit from trends toward economic globalization, particularly as it affects emerging markets.
Werner and Fry were supported in the Globis transaction by Associates Dorothy Sluszka and Taylor West.
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