Alice Hsu
Partner
New York
Alice Hsu is a market-leading capital markets and corporate governance attorney, with particular experience in the energy and financial services industries.
Alice advises boards of directors, issuers, underwriters and investors in a broad range of transactions, including public offerings; special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs); private placements of equity and debt securities, public mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.
Alice also provides strategic advice on a myriad of securities regulation, corporate governance and other general corporate matters. She regularly counsels companies regarding Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and disclosure issues, stockholder meetings, proxy statements and proxy mechanics. Her work extends to advising public companies with respect to defensive review matters, including implementation of shareholders rights plans and related issues.
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- Represented a highly-regarded UK-based life sciences focused venture fund with its investment in the PIPE for NewAmsterdam Pharma.
- Represented a life sciences foreign private issuer listed on Nasdaq on its $3.32 million registered direct offering.
- Represented CIIG Capital Partners II, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $573 million merger with Zapp Electric Vehicles.
- Represented 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.5 billion merger with BuzzFeed.
- Represented Starboard Value Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $3.4 billion merger with Cyxtera Technologies, Inc.*
- Represented Zimmer Energy Transition Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $345 million initial public offering.*
- Represented CIIG Merger Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $5.4 billion merger with Arrival.*
- Represented Zimmer Partners, L.P. in its Utility Fund’s $275 million private placement equity investment and forward purchase of units in Bluescape Opportunities Acquisition Corporation’s $607.5 million initial public offering.*
- Represented Starboard Value Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $404.2 million initial public offering.*
- Represents issuers, investors and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings, including SPACs, follow-on primary and secondary offerings, block trades and private placements.*
- Advised issuers and investors in both public and private offerings of more than $6 billion in secured and unsecured long-term debt securities.*
- Advised WMIH Corp. in its completed $3.8 billion acquisition of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.*
- Advised Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in its strategic partnership investment in One Madison Corp., a North American consumer-focused SPAC, in connection with its IPO and subsequent initial business combination with Ranpak Holdings Corp.*
- Counsel companies concerning net operating loss charter restriction and 382 rights plans.*
- Advised issuers in connection with cash tender offers of more than $1.5 billion of notes.*
- Represented conduit borrowers in the issuance, refunding and remarketing of more than $2 billion of pollution control and other tax-exempt debt, including auction rate securities and variable rate demand bonds.*
- Counseled borrowers in connection with the refinancing and restructuring of more than $3 billion of syndicated bank facilities.*
- Advised a public utility company in a public merger valued at approximately $8.5 billion.*
- Represented the lessee and parent guarantor of more than $1 billion of 144A pass-through trust certificates relating to the financing of the sale and leaseback of a coal-fired power plant.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Orrick
