Elliott M. Smith
Biography
Overview
Elliott Smith is a partner at White & Case, and a member of the Firm's Capital Markets Practice.
Elliott’s practice focuses on advising clients on corporate and securities matters, including IPOs, follow-on offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities. Elliott has particular experience representing SPACs and their sponsor teams in IPOs and back-end business combinations.
Elliott also advises public companies on corporate governance matters and compliance with federal securities laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
Columbus School of Law
Experience
Select representations:
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in connection with a US$1.8 billion primary and secondary public offering of Class A common stock of DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG).
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in connection with a US$1.9 billion primary and secondary public offering of Class A common stock of DraftKings Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as lead initial purchaser, in DraftKings Inc.'s offering of US$1.265 billion aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due 2028.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC as underwriter in the US$418 million primary and secondary offering of ordinary shares of Genius Sports Limited (Nasdaq: GENI).
Concrete Pumping Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: BBCP) in a private offering of US$375 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.000% senior secured second lien notes due 2026.
BofA Securities, Inc. as solicitation agent in exchange of warrants for ordinary shares by Genius Sports Limited.
Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. in the US$3.3 billion SEC-registered initial public listing of DraftKings Inc., including a US$304 million PIPE.
Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. in its US$3.5 billion business combination with Skillz, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKLZ).
Vast Renewables Limited (Nasdaq: VAST) in its SEC-registered initial public listing through a business combination with Nabors Energy Transition Corp.
Captivision Inc. (Nasdaq: CAPT) in its SEC-registered initial public listing through business combination with Jaguar Global Growth Corp.
Landcadia Holdings III, Inc. in its US$2.642 billion business combination with Hillman Solutions Corp. (Nasdaq: HLMN).
dMY Technology Group, Inc. in its US$1.78 billion business combination with Rush Street Interactive, LP (Nasdaq: RSI).
Arqit Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQQ) in its SEC-registered initial public listing through a business combination Centricus Acquisition Corp, and subsequently multiple registered direct offerings and at-the-market offering of ordinary shares.
Issuers in multiple SPAC IPOs, raising over US$20 billion in aggregate proceeds.
Underwriters of SPAC IPOs, including Goldman Sachs & Co., Citigroup, Jefferies, UBS Securities, Barclays, Bank of America, Guggenheim, BTIG and others.
Placement agents, including Jefferies, Credit Suisse, Citigroup and others in multiple PIPE (private investment in public equity) offerings and as capital markets advisors in connection with various deSPAC transactions.
Band 2, Chambers USA, 2023-2022, SPACs
