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Adam Namoury advises private and public companies, financial sponsors and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), on corporate transactions ranging in value from $2M to $5B+, including mergers, acquisitions, business combinations, takeovers, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, carveouts, joint ventures, stock/asset purchases and sales, restructurings, recapitalizations, strategic alliances, minority investments, equity financings, debt financings, corporate finance transactions and project finance transactions. Adam acts as a strategic advisor to his clients regarding both legal and business issues and serves as outside general counsel to several corporate clients and regularly advises companies, financial sponsors, boards of directors, and senior executives on general corporate governance matters, fiduciary duty issues, and the formation and structuring of various business entities.

Prior to joining the firm, while serving as the General Counsel of a multinational company that traded, distributed, and provided logistics services for chemical and agricultural commodities in more than 65 countries worldwide, Adam built and headed the legal department responsible for delivery of all global legal services and the corporate development department responsible for all corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, project finance and corporate finance transactions.

Concentrations

  • Mergers & acquisitions (public and private)
  • Private equity
  • Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs)
  • Corporate and securities
  • Joint ventures
  • Venture capital
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate finance
  • Project finance

The attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership. Results may vary depending on your particular facts and circumstances.

Capabilities

Experience

  • Representation of Kakaopay Corporation, a fintech subsidiary of Korean-based conglomerate Kakao Corp., on its agreement to purchase newly issued shares representing 19.9% interest in Siebert Financial Corp. Subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, Kakao Pay will acquire an additional 31.1% interest in Siebert by purchase of additional newly issued shares. After the close of this second transaction, Kakao Pay will become the majority shareholder of Siebert with a total of 51% ownership of Siebert.
  • Representation of Andreessen Horowitz in the $350 million financing of Flow, a residential real estate company. The financing is considered to be one of the largest financings of a startup in the United States.
  • Representation of Korea Investment Corporation, a government-owned investment organization that manages the sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for the Government of South Korea, in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in Golub Capital, a credit asset manager based in the United States with over $40 billion of capital under management. 
  • Representation of Orogen Group (Orogen) in connection with its majority investment in Westcor Land Title Insurance Company (Westcor), the largest privately-held title insurance company in the United States.
  • Representation of Earth Networks, Inc., a provider of comprehensive and automated weather data solutions, in a buyout by Advanced Environmental Monitoring and its sponsor private equity fund Union Park Capital.
  • Representation of Valbruna Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.A, in its acquisition of ASW Steel Inc., the Canadian specialty steel subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP).
  • Representation of AtlasClear, Inc. in connection with the execution of a definitive business combination agreement with Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (QFTA), that will result in Atlas FinTech Holdings Corp. transferring its trading technology assets to AtlasClear and the acquisition by AtlasClear as part of the initial business combination of Wilson Davis & Co., Inc., a correspondent clearing broker-dealer (WDCO). AtlasClear has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Commercial Bancorp, a federal reserve member (CB), following consummation of the initial business combination, expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2023. Upon closing, the combined company will operate as AtlasClear, Inc. and its common stock is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ATCL”.
  • Representation of Rose Hill Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its entering into a definitive business combination agreement with Inversiones e Inmobilaria GHC Ltda (Prize), a leading exporter of superfruits based in Chile. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, values Prize at an implied initial enterprise value of approximately $425 million. The combined company will be the first Chilean enterprise to initially list directly on a U.S. Exchange. Upon closing, the combined company expects its ordinary shares and warrants to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols "PRZE" and "PRZE WS", respectively.
  • Representation of INFINT Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its execution of a definitive business combination agreement with Seamless Group Inc., a leading global fintech platform that delivers global financial inclusivity for the unbanked and migrant workers in South East Asia and enables cross-border digital remittances as well as cashless payment solutions to millions without proper access to mainstream financial services. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, values Seamless at an enterprise value of $400 million. Upon closing, the combined company’s ordinary shares are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Representation of DPCM Capital Inc., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in connection with the execution of a definitive transaction agreement with D-Wave Systems, Inc., a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the only provider building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers (D-Wave). The transaction valued D-Wave at an equity value of $1.2 billion.
  • Representation of Nettar Group, Inc. (Nettar), a leader in high‐resolution satellite data collection, in connection with its business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. V (CFAC V), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, and its $150 million private placement from Liberty Strategic Capital. The transaction valued the combined company at an enterprise value of $850 million. The combined company will operate as Satellogic Inc. and is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “SATL”.
  • Representation of MCAP Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, sponsored by an affiliate of Chicago‐based asset manager Monroe Capital LLC, in its business combination with AdTheorent Holding Company, LLC, a programmatic digital advertising company using advanced machine learning technology and privacy-forward solutions to deliver measurable value for advertisers and marketers. With the closing of the transaction the combined company was renamed AdTheorent Holding Company, Inc. and its common stock and warrants began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
  • Representation of Replay Acquisition Corp. (Replay) in connection with entering into a business combination agreement with Finance of America Equity Capital LLC (Finance of America), a Blackstone-backed end-to-end lending and services platform that operates in market sectors that include mortgages, reverse mortgages, commercial real estate and fixed income investing. The transaction was structured as an “Up-C” and a “double dummy” merger pursuant to which Finance of America undertook a reorganization and a newly formed company acquired Replay and an interest in Finance of America and the combined company become a NYSE listed public company. The transaction implied an equity valuation at closing for the combined company of $1.912 billion.
  • Representation of Arrival S.à r.l. in its $5.4 billion business combination with SPAC CIIG Merger Group – Arrival S.à r.l. is a BlackRock-backed UK electric vehicle company that manufactures zero-emission buses and vans designed for public transit and commercial fleets.
  • Representation of New Beginnings Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in connection with its business combination with Airspan Networks Inc., a company that provides ground- breaking, disruptive software and hardware for 5G network solutions. With the closing of the transaction, the combined company is named Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. and trades on the NYSE with the ticker symbol “MIMO”.
  • Representation of SH Parent, Inc. (Parallel), one of the largest privately-held multi-state cannabis operators in the U.S., in its definitive agreement to combine with Ceres Acquisition Corp. and its anticipated NEO exchange listing with an enterprise value of US$1.884 billion (definitive agreement terminated).
  • Representation of ARKO Holdings Ltd., an Israeli public holding company whose primary asset is a controlling stake in GPM Investments, LLC, the seventh largest convenience store chain the United States, in its business combination with Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II.
  • Representation of Schultze Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SAMA) with its business combination with Clever Leaves International Inc., one of the largest cultivators, extractors and producers of pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis and hemp extracts in Latin America and among the largest in the world, including Canada’s licensed producers and top extractors. Pursuant to the business combination, a newly formed holding company acquired SAMA and Clever Leaves and became a NASDAQ-listed public company trading under the new ticker symbol “CLVR”. The transaction had an enterprise value of $255 million.
  • Representation of Pensare Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with Stratos Management Systems, Inc., which does business as Computex Technology Solutions, a leading IT Solutions and Managed Services Provider. With the closing of the transaction Pensare was renamed American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc.
  • Representation of Nebula Acquisition Corporation in connection with its business combination with Open Lending, a Texas-based company who, through its flagship product, Lenders Protection, offers loan analytics, risk-based pricing, risk modelling and default insurance ensuring profitable auto loan portfolios for financial institutions throughout the United States. Upon completion of the business combination, Nebula changed its name to Open Lending.
  • Representation of VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. in its merger with Nikola Corporation, a leader in the design and development of BEV and FCEV class 8 semi-trucks.
  • Representation of DFB Healthcare Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with AdaptHealth, a full-service medical equipment company.

Recognition & Leadership

  • Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Metro Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2021-2023

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  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2019-2021
  • Advisory Board, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2012-2018
  • Member, New York Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., magna cum laude, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • B.S., magna cum laude, Syracuse University
Admissions
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • District of Columbia
Languages
  • Arabic