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New York, NY, October 25, 2023 – Becker & Poliakoff’s Corporate and International Practice Group led a multi-jurisdictional legal team that assisted Origin Brands Inc., a Certified Origins Italia group company, in its cross-border acquisition of Italian Realfoods Limited, known as Seggiano Group, a prominent global Italian food company. The transaction closed on October 25, […]

September 27, 2023 – Becker & Poliakoff assisted special purpose acquisition company Golden Star Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company, in the negotiation, structuring and documentation of a definitive Business Combination Agreement for a business combination with mobile game publishing company Gamehaus Inc. Following the closing, Gamehaus will operate through a publicly-traded holding company […]

Golden Star Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Island exempt company (NASDAQ: GODN), announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 6,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The Company’s units are expected to be listed on NASDAQ Stock Market LLC Global Market (“NASDAQ”) and trade under the ticker symbol “GODNU” beginning Tuesday, May 2, 2023. […]

Future Dao Group Holding Limited (“Future Dao”), a blockchain company with a focus on bitcoin mining, and Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: MSSA) (“MSSA”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses or entities, announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”). […]

Becker is proud to announce the successful closing of a $300M business combination between its SPAC client GreenVision Acquisition Corporation (“GreenVision”) and Helbiz, Inc. a global leader in micro-mobility services. Corporate team members Jie Chengying Xiu, Michael Goldstein, Steven Glauberman, and Samantha Lesser represented GreenVision during negotiations, which were completed on August 12, 2021. GreenVision […]

Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 2021. Becker & Poliakoff, a business law firm with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is pleased to announce the closing of a significant growth investment by its client, Socius Insurance Services, Inc., with ABRY Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Boston. Socius is a leading management liability and property/casualty […]

Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists, and other professionals throughout the East Coast, represented Golden Path Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Island exempt company, in connection with its initial public offering. Conducted in the United States, the IPO was completed on June 24, 2021 and raised $57,500,000. Becker attorneys Bill Huo, Brian Daughney, and […]

Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists and other professionals at offices throughout the East Coast, successfully guided Venus Acquisition Corporation (“Venus”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, through merger talks with VIYI Algorithm Inc. (“VIYI Algo”), a Cayman Islands exempted company operating in China and controlled by WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. The […]

Becker & Poliakoff recently advised the DLH Holdings Corporation (DLH), a leading provider of innovative healthcare research, services and solutions to the federal government, in its acquisition of privately-held Irving Burton Associates, LLC (IBA). Atlanta-based DLH has approximately 2000 employees serving numerous federal government clients throughout the United States and abroad. Virginia-based IBA employs approximately […]

Becker is pleased to announce that it represented its long-time public healthcare client, DLH Corporation, in the closing of a $95 million credit facility for the acquisition of privately-held firm, Social & Scientific Systems (SSS). The newly acquired firm was purchased for $70 million in cash with a $25 million working capital revolving credit line […]

March 1, 2019 – New York, NY — Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists and other professionals at offices throughout the East Coast, announced that New York Corporate shareholder Jie Chengying Xiu was elected Chairwoman of the Asian Financial Society (AFS) on February 22, 2019, becoming the first legal professional elected in […]