Venue
Westchester Country Club
Westchester Country Club, 99 Biltmore Ave, Rye, NY 10580, USA

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Tue Jun 11 EDT - Wed Jun 12 EDT (6 months ago)
Location Westchester Country Club
99 Biltmore Ave, Rye, NY 10580, USA
Region Americas
Details

The 2024 format is designed with these objectives in mind:
• To foster additional networking so you can spend more time connecting with other participants
• To maximize audience participation in speaker and panel sessions
• To ensure you receive the greatest value with the least disruption of your work schedule

The Conference premier event uniting the most influential participants in this specialized market. Just ask around. People who attend DealFlow Events know that the content and the SPAC professionals who deliver it are without equal. This is a superb venue for learning, networking, and making new friends and business connections.

Who Attends:
• SPAC Executives
• Law Firms
• Brokerage Firms
• Institutional Investors
• Hedge Funds
• Investor Relations Professionals
• SPAC Investors
• Investment Bankers
• Fund Managers
• Private Equity Investors
• Deal Advisors
• Accountants
• Underwriter and Issuer Counsel
• SPAC Sponsors and Management
• Structured Finance Investors

Networking:
Offering the largest gathering of investors, bankers and management teams in the business. You can count on the best networking to maximize your business development.

1-on-1 Meetings:
The SPAC Conference includes 1-on-1 meetings that you can schedule through our event app, allowing you to connect with conference attendees even before the event.

Expert Speakers:
Our panelists and presenters are thought leaders in the business. They’ll provide perspective on both the current and expected state of the market.

Education:
Comprehensive and technical discussions of legal issues, finance trends, and deal dynamics.

Here are just a few of the topics in development:
• SPAC liability under Inflation Reduction Act
• Reducing deSPAC litigation risks
• Why a PIPE raise is more important in 2024 than ever before
• Convincing shareholders to stick with the deal
• Positioning for an advantage after “too-hot” SPAC market
• Improving proxy preparation
• NRAs are killing sponsor profits (and what to do about it)
• Sectors to watch in 2024
• Can anything be done to control SPAC costs?
• What to learn from hedge funds making money off SPACs

Speakers

2024 Speakers

Donna Ackerly
Founder & CEO, Lioness

Carla Kwarteng Amaning
Partner, CFGI

Karim Anani
Americas FAAS Transaction Leader, Ernst & Young

Jenn Calabrese
Founder & CEO, Calabrese Consulting LLC

Joanne Chiu
Partner, COO & Chairperson, Kreit & Chiu, CPA LLP

William Dooley
Director - M&A and Activism Advisory Group, Morrow Sodali

Josh DuClos
Partner, Sidley

Yelena Dunaevsky
Senior Vice President & Partner, Woodruff Sawyer

Doug Ellenoff
Partner, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole

Joseph Fede
Partner, Withum

Teresa Goody Guillen
Partner, BakerHostetler

Destiny Hance
Vice President Equity Research, Ladenburg Thalmann

Richard Humphrey
Co-Founder and Partner, SPAC Research

Steven Kaplan
Managing Director, Lucid Capital Markets

Ed Kovary
Managing Director, Head of SPAC Capital Markets, BTIG

Brian Lantier
Senior Analyst, ZacksSCR

Janet Levy
Partner, Marcum

Jason Ma
Vice Chairman, Norwich Capital Ltd.

Kristi Marvin
Founder, SPACInsider

Matt McCloskey
Head of Equity Capital Markets, I-Bankers Securities

Dan Nash
Co-Founder, Head of Investment Banking, Cohen Capital Markets

Elena Nuñez Cooper
CEO, Ascend PR for Wall Street

Mitch Nussbaum
Vice Chairman; Co-Chair, Capital Markets & Corporate, Loeb & Loeb

Tina Pappas
Managing Director, Jefferies

Disha Patel
Partner, Withum

Henry Rogano
Senior Investment Associate, Meteora Capital

Jeffrey Selman
Chair of SPAC Transactional Practice, DLA Piper

Mark Schwartz
IPO and SPAC Capital Markets Advisory Leader, Ernst & Young

David Shapiro
CEO, B2i Digital

Elliott M. Smith
Partner, White & Case

Taylor Sherman
Director, Restructuring and Dispute Resolution Services, CohnReznick

Marc Van Tricht
Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, EarlyBirdCapital

Brian Zucker
Partner, RRBB

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSOR:
• Ellenoff Grossman & Schole

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Withum
• Loeb & Loeb

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
• Cohen & Company Capital Markets
• Marcum
• Ernst & Young

NETWORKING SPONSORS:
• EarlyBird Capital
• CFGI
• Laurel Hill Advisory Group

SILVER SPONSORS:
• SPAC Research
• RRBB Accountants + Advisors
• Calabrese Consulting
• Woodruff Sawyer
• Maples Group
• The Nuvo GroupMorrow Sodali
• Centri Business Consulting
• The Cotto Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley

PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS:
• Toppan
• SPAC Insider
• b2idigital
• Churchwell Insurance Agency