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Joele Frank represents Reinvent Technology Partners as the special purpose acquisition company completes a merger that results in Hippo Insurance Services becoming a public company with shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, Hippo markets home insurance in 37 states.
CEO Assaf Wand said the SPAC deal “showcases the tremendous progress we’ve made in our pursuit to revolutionize home insurance through the lens of the homeowner."
Hippo’s goal is to “modernize the home insurance industry and bring joy back into homeownership,” he said.
RTP is the firm of LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga founder Mark Pincus.
Joele Frank guided RTP’s merger with Joby Aviation, maker of electrical vertical takeoff/landing aircraft, earlier this year.
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher’s Ed Trissel and Scott Bisang work on the RTP business, while Chris Mammone of the Blueshirt Group represents Hippo for IR and FTI Consulting's Rachel Kleiman does financial media outreach.
Prosek Partners handles New York’s Tilray Brands, craft beer & cannabis operation, as it acquires BrewDog, a leading British independent beer producer in the UK, for $45M.
Brunswick Group handles Zurich Insurance as it agrees to buy UK-based Beazley specialty insurer in a deal valued at $11B.
FGS Global represents Brink’s as it agrees to acquire NCR Atleos, which relies on Collected Strategies, in a $6.6B cash & stock deal to create a leading fintech infrastructure company. (Updated)
A January article in O’Dwyer’s proposes that in 2026, the strongest financial brands will not simply tell compelling stories—they will “signal readiness.”
C Street Advisory Group is working the Chapter 11 filing of Axip Energy Services as it unloads its nearly all of its assets to deal with a heavy debt load.
