The SPAC Podcast is a podcast about special purpose acquisition companies, hosted by capital markets attorney Mike Blankenship, a partner at Winston Taylor, and produced by Joshua Wilson. Each episode talks with SPAC sponsors, PIPE investors, investment bankers, auditors, attorneys, and the founders who have taken companies public through a SPAC about how these deals actually get done.

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT
• The structure, lifecycle, and mechanics of SPACs, from IPO to DESPAC
• Legal and regulatory issues that matter to sponsors and targets
• SPAC vs. traditional IPO: when each path makes sense
• PIPE financing, redemptions, and trust economics
• Audit readiness, fairness opinions, and SEC review
• Market trends and forecasts from the front lines of capital markets

QUESTIONS WE KEEP COMING BACK TO
When is a SPAC a better path to going public than an IPO? What makes a strong SPAC target? How do sponsors raise risk capital and source deals? What drives redemptions, and how do sponsors plan for them? What do auditors and the SEC look for before a deal can close? Why do some SPAC mergers succeed after the close while others struggle?

WHO THIS IS FOR
SPAC sponsors and CEOs, institutional and private investors, investment bankers and corporate attorneys, venture-backed founders, private equity and family offices, and finance professionals following the capital markets.

A One Iron Network production.