EdtechX Holdings, an investment platform focused on the future of education and work, is listing a second SPAC IPO on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:EDTXU), EdtechX Holdings  Acquisition Corp II (EdtechX Holdings II).

Pop Mart's listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has become the eleventh IPO in private equity firm Loyal Valley Capital's investment portfolio in 2020. 

Pan-Nordic digital savings and investment platform Nordnet has listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, generating a market capitalisation based on the IPO price of SEK96 per share of around SEK24 billion.

Allegro MicroSystems Inc, a portfolio company of middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP), has completed its initial public offering (IPO) of 25,000,000 shares of common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. 

Allegro.eu (Allegro), a Polish global e-commerce platform and the leading and most recognised internet brand in Poland, completed its successful listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) with its shares trading under the symbol ALE. 

Law firm Paul Hastings has served as legal advisor to Romeo Systems, Inc. (Romeo Power), in its agreement to merge with RMG Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

Starboard Value Acquisition Corp (SVAC) has closed its initial public offering of 36,000,000 units, which was priced at USD10.00 per unit, and resulted in gross proceeds of USD360 million.

By Sergey Sheshuryak, Adams Street Partners – To gain a perspective on the private equity market in Europe in the second half of 2020, we start by looking back to the seemingly distant past of 2019 – before pandemic-related shutdowns, social distancing, central bank stimulus plans, and Zoom meetings.

Ogier acted as BVI counsel on the NASDAQ IPO of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Kismet Acquisition One Corp, which closed on 10 August 2020. Ogier operates a leading SPAC advisory practice in the BVI, and Kismet Acquisition One marked the firm's second major BVI SPAC IPO for 2020.

General Atlantic-backed primary care startup Oak Street Health is listing on the New York Stock Exchange, aiming to raise close to USD328 million.