Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

SPAC issuer counsel · 9 engagements · 8 closed · 0 liquidated · 0 active

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, the international law firm headquartered in San Francisco, has served as legal counsel across nine SPAC transactions since entering the blank-check market in 2018, with eight of those deals having reached a closed status as of the most recent data. The firm's SPAC practice spans technology, financial services, and adjacent growth sectors, reflecting Orrick's broader corporate and capital-markets client base. None of its tracked SPAC engagements are currently in an active pre-merger phase, and none have ended in liquidation, marking a relatively clean completion record across a period that encompassed both the 2020–2021 SPAC surge and the subsequent market contraction. Visit SpacDesk to access the full transaction history, deal timelines, and counsel data for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Close Rate (settled)

100%

Total IPO Capital

$2.9B

Cited Engagements

9/ 9

Active Since

2018

SPACs represented (9)

Symbol	Issuer	IPO	IPO Size	Status	Target	Outcome
Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp.	Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp.	2018-08-13	$500.0M	Completed	Fisker Inc	closed 2020-10-29
GMHI	Gores Metropoulos, Inc.	2019-02-01	$400.0M	Completed	Luminar Technologies, Inc.	closed 2020-12-02
TLMD	Healthcare Merger Corp	2019-12-16	$51.5M	Completed	SOC Telemed, Inc.	closed 2020-10-30
CLOV	Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III	2020-04-23	$828.0M	Completed	CLOVER HEALTH INVESTMENTS, CORP. /DE	closed 2021-01-07
COVA	COVA Acquisition Corp.	2021-02-08	$300.0M	Completed	ECARX	closed 2022-12-20
DAVE	VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc.	2021-03-08	$253.8M	Completed	Dave Inc./DE	closed 2022-01-05
IPVA	InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp.	2021-03-09	$330.7M	Completed	Getaround, Inc	closed 2022-12-14
IONETIX CORPORATION	IONETIX CORPORATION	—	$50.0M	Completed	—	closed 2026-04-09
AVEA	Avanea Energy Acquisition Corp.	—	$200.0M	Withdrawn	—	—