Kirkland Counsels Authentic Equity on $230 Million IPO

Kirkland & Ellis advises Authentic Equity Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of entering into a combination with one or more businesses, on its initial public offering of 20 million units at $10 per unit and the sale of an additional 3 million units at a price of $10 per unit pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their over-allotment option. Total gross proceeds from the offering were $230 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other expenses.

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The Kirkland team was led by capital markets partners Christian Nagler and Debbie Yee and associates Chris Fox and Ibe Alozie; transactional partners Mike Movsovich and James Hu and associate Michael Chung; tax partners Scott Fryman and Mike Beinus; investment funds partner Alexandria Glispie; and ERISA partner Elizabeth Dyer.