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Abernathy MacGregor represents Jaws Acquisition Corp., the blank check company formed to gobble up acquisitions or to arrange mergers or other business combinations.
Launched by entrepreneur Barry Sternlicht, founder of Starwood Capital alternative investment firm with $60B in hotels, real estate and oil and gas sector assets, and Joseph Dowling, CEO of Brown University’s $4B endowment fund, Jaws began trading on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month.
Jaws, which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, says it will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in its acquisitions of target companies but has ruled out pursuing real estate, lodging or energy infrastructure assets.
The stock of the Miami Beach-based company trades at $10.97.
AbMac CEO Tom Johnson and senior VP Dan Scorpio work the Jaws business.
Edelman handles Viking Holdings, the river and ocean luxury cruise line that plans to raise $1B via an IPO priced in the $21 to $25 per share range.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
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