Sidley is representing Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its pending business combination with Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a global provider of self-driving truck technology. The transaction has an implied pro forma equity value of US$3.3 billion. Upon closing, Plus will be a publicly traded company and its common stock is expected to trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “PLAV.”
The Sidley team was led by Jeffrey Smith, Mike Heinz, and Dirk Andringa, and included Jeff Wysong, Rebecka Manis, Amanda Patterson, Evan Saunders, Christian Brause, Rémi Gagnon, Raymond Oh, Ruchun Ji, Ling Chen, Lauren Gallagher, P.C Wang, Samuel Tiu, Anne Sutton, Elliott Blufer, Ash Nagdev, Francesca Blythe, Mark Prior, Michael Roberts, Athena Aherrera, Ryan Puszka, Brendan Mochoruk, Grant Ellis, Jim Lowe, Jamie Sadler, Corey Perry, Susan Delgado, Marketa Lindt, Teodora (Tedi) Zlatkova, Heather Palmer, Allen Braddock, Elizabeth McCloy, Matthew Abu-Taleb, Kate Roberts, Galit Knotz, Meng Ding, Janice Lam, and Darren Tai.