Shearman And Sterling

News July 07, 2021

Elliott Opportunity II’s $609.5 Million IPO

Shearman & Sterling advised Credit Suisse, Citigroup, UBS Investment Bank, BTIG, Guggenheim Securities and Macquarie Capital as joint book-running managers on the initial public offering of Elliott Opportunity II, a special-purpose acquisition company, of 60,950,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant.

Elliott Opportunity II 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. They intend to focus on businesses operating in the technology sector. Elliott Opportunity II is led by Jesse Cohn, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Managing Partner, Gordon Singer, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Managing Partner, David Kerko, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Head of North America Private Equity, and Isaac Kim, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Managing Director at Evergreen Coast Capital, the private equity affiliate of at Elliott Investment Management.

The Shearman & Sterling team below included Stella Sun.

The Team