DLA Piper represented Stifel as sole book-running manager of the US$276 million initial public offering by Tastemaker Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on the restaurant, hospitality, and related technology and service sectors globally. DLA Piper also represented Stifel and Nomura as joint book-running managers in the US$149.5 million initial public offering by OCA Acquisition Corp., a SPAC focused on the technology-enabled business services sectors, including healthcare and education, and financial services sector.

“We were pleased to leverage our extensive capital markets and SPAC experience to help Stifel and Nomura deliver these transactions,” said Sidney Burke, co-chair of DLA Piper’s New York Corporate practice and the partner who led the firm’s deal team.

In addition to Burke (New York), the DLA Piper team representing Stifel and Nomura included partners Stephen Alicanti, Drew Young (both of New York) and Christine Lehr (Raleigh) and associates Nick Pullman (Silicon Valley) and Joon Yoo (New York).

DLA Piper’s global capital markets team represents issuers and underwriters in registered and unregistered equity, equity-linked and debt capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, equity-linked securities offerings, and offerings of investments grade and high-yield debt securities.