Bio

Jocelyn Arel is a pioneer in the U.S. for her innovative work for clients on SPACs, with nearly two decades of successful SPACs transactions under her belt. Ms. Arel advises clients in all aspects of the SPAC lifecycle, including the formation and structuring sponsor entities, representing SPACs and SPAC sponsors in initial public offerings (“IPOs”); representing operating companies, their investors and SPACs in business combinations, or “SIPO transactions”; structuring the debt and equity financing transactions that are often needed to facilitate the closing of SIPO transactions; and, advising investors in both SPAC IPOs and SIPO transactions. In addition to her extensive knowledge of the legal issues related to SPACs, Ms. Arel has a deep understanding of the business, financial and marketing issues that affect the success of SPACs. In addition to her leadership in the SPAC market, Ms. Arel represents clients in a wide range of capital market transactions, including initial and follow-on public offerings, private placements of debt and equity, alternative financing and 144A transactions, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. She has extensive experience in cross-border financings and acquisitions, as well as in providing advice on other U.S.-based activities for companies headquartered in Canada. A significant portion of Ms. Arel’s practice includes counseling clients on ongoing reporting requirements of public companies, corporate governance matters and various other matters affecting public companies, their officers and directors. She also has considerable expertise in structuring and executing secondary sales and other private liquidity programs for private companies and their investors. A selection of Ms. Arel’s recent representations include: