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The Blueshirt Group is handling Forge Global, the online securities trading platform, as it merges with Motive Capital in a SPAC deal valued at $2B.
The Wall Street Journal notes that if the deal is completed, Forge would be the first dedicated trading service for private firms to become a public company.
The Forge marketplace has nearly 400 registered users. They have traded shares in more than 400 companies, generating volume in excess of $10B.
Kelly Rodriques said Forge believes “everyone should be able to trade in the private markets,” and his firm has developed the technology to operate an efficient and liquid market that connects a large number of private companies, shareholders and investors.
Blueshirt has Chris Hollenbeck representing Forge.
London's Next Fifteen Communications Group 15 owns Blueshirt, which is based in San Francisco.
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.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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