Which Firm Had the Most IPO Audit Clients In Q1 2021?
The SPAC bubble didn’t burst during the first quarter of 2021. Of the 407(!) initial public offerings in U.S. markets between Jan. 1 and March 31, 298 (73.2%) involved blank check or special-purpose acquisition companies, according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. In total, the 407 IPOs raised nearly $134.7 billion—an increase of more […]
Which Firm Had the Most IPO Audit Clients In Q4 2020?
Audit Analytics has released its analysis of a very lucrative fourth quarter of 2020 for initial public offerings in the U.S. Including blank check companies, also called special-purpose acquisition companies, there were 210 IPOs between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, which raised more than $65 billion. Compared to the third quarter, total proceeds in […]
Which Firm Had the Most IPO Audit Clients In Q3 2020?
There was an explosion of initial public offerings in the U.S. in the third quarter, with 165 companies going public between July 1 and Sept. 30, raising more than $61.5 billion—by far the most active quarter in 2020 and the most active Q3 in the past five years, according to our friends at Audit Analytics. […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Withum Adds Six to Partnership
Because we’ve been talking a lot about promotions today, we wanted to give a shout-out to the five men and one woman who got their keys to the Withum partners’ lounge on July 1: The new partners are (from left to right): Scott Bartolf, Theater, Entertainment and the Arts, New York James Berg, Manufacturing, Distribution […]
WIthum’s CEO Trying to Get Excited About the Firm’s New Logo
WithumSmith+Brown makes a video every year to celebrate….uh, their Withumness? Honestly, prior to slapping Uptown Funk behind people dancing in hats and sunglasses, the firm was best known for Tony Nitti working Simpsons references into everything from blog posts to lectures on Section 338(h)(10) elections. But yes, these videos. The firm released another one yesterday […]