Sidley Represents Underwriters in Social Leverage SPAC IPO

Sidley represented Barclays Capital and BofA Securities as underwriters’ counsel in the US$345 million IPO of Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I, a NYSE-listed SPAC sponsored by a founding partner of Social Leverage that is focused on acquisition target opportunities in the fintech, enterprise software, and consumer technology sectors. The IPO and full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option closed on February 17, 2021.

The team was led by Mike Heinz, Kunle Deru, and Beau Blakely (Capital Markets).