Join BDO's Center for Corporate Governance Amy Rojik as she sits down with Demetrios Frangiskatos, Assurance Northeast Regional Managing Partner, to discuss the frenzy of SPAC and resulting De-SPAC transactions and in particular, considerations that board members should be thinking about if thinking of or selected to be affiliated with the acquirors or acquirees.

Key Takeaways:

• Good governance at the board level enacted at the outset of the SPAC transaction process is becoming an important differentiator
• Speed of an operating company becoming a public filer accelerates the need for public company experience in both the management team and the board
• Integration of the target company requires directors to have a strong understanding of technology, financial and operating systems, internal controls, regulatory filing requirements, accounting and financing complexities, and overall fiduciary governance responsibilities
• Critical to have a solid understanding of current deal terms, regardless of what side of the transaction you may be