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Thought Leadership

How To Lead In Unprecedented Times
In a market racked by writedowns, bailouts, layoffs and no shortage of negativity, three top minds in restructuring share their thoughts on how to persevere.

With the full colossus of Corporate America on the brink and the pending uncertainty of a new presidential administration, three top restructuring experts recently discussed the state of things over breakfast with twenty-five financial professionals for Doubledown Media's Thought Leadership Forum on October 16th.

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SPAC Fast Lane
So the question remains--how well paved is the road ahead for the one-time funny car that became a post dot.com ambulance before hot-rodding through 2007 and then seeking re-ignition in mid-2008?

That's what we asked a dozen influential hedge fund, PE and VC fund, corporate and other guests at Doubledown Media’s June 24th SPAC Thought Leadership Forum in New York City, thereafter inviting several attendees to provide comments. Their collective look under the hood revealed this about SPACs: it’s a tune-up or two shy of a reliable ride.

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Year of the Spac
It was the SPAC to start all SPACs. Less than a year after going public in December 2006, raising $528 million for its blind pool, a little-known special--purpose acquisition company called Freedom-Acquisition Holdings consummated a deal, fulfilling its mission. Through felicitous connections, Freedom's sponsors — two old friends and business associates named Martin Franklin and Nicolas Berggruen — had lined up GLG Partners, a major London-based hedge fund, as their target a few months after their company's initial offering. Early investors in Freedom's units doubled their money, and the sponsors, who received GLG equity cheap due to the nature of the SPAC's structure, made a fortune.

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Presentation

What is a SPAC?
What are the Advantages to the Investor?
What Are Advantages To Sponsor/Management?
Offered Securities

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