Stephen P. Alicanti

Representative transactions:

• Cowen and Company, LLC, Evercore Group L.L.C. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in a US$50 million underwritten offering by Jasper Therapeutics, Inc.
• William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and BTIG, LLC in connection with the $440 million business combination between Banyan Acquisition Corporation and Pinstripes, Inc.
• Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. as dealer manager in connection with a tender offer and consent solicitation by Marti Technologies, Inc. to purchase all of its outstanding warrants
• Freightos Limited in its US$434 million business combination with Gesher I Acquisition Corp.
• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. in connection with the $1.1 billion business combination between Intuitive Machines, LLC and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.
• Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III in its US$700 million business combination with BioTE Holdings, LLC
• Tilray, Inc. in its US$400 million at-the-market offering
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. in the US$230 million initial public offering of Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I
• Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Roth Capital Partners in the US$345 million initial public offering of Battery Future Acquisition Corp.
• Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp in its US$230 million initial public offering
• Cowen and Company, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in the US$230 million initial public offering of Chain Bridge I
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC in the US$345 million initial public offering of Concord Acquisition Corp III
• Lionheart III Corp in its US$125 million initial public offering
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC in the US$250 million initial public offering of Concord Acquisition Corp II
• Coliseum Acquisition Corp. in its US$150 million initial public offering
• A leading global cannabis company in its US$8.2 billion business combination with Tilray, Inc., a global pioneer in cannabis research, cultivation, production and distribution
• Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated in the US$276 million initial public offering of Tastemaker Acquisition Corp.
• Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Nomura Securities International, Inc. in the US$149.5 million initial public offering of OCA Acquisition Corp.
• Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its US$2 billion business combination with ARKO Holdings Ltd.
• A leading global cannabis company in its registered direct offering of C$100 million of units to an institutional investor
• Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as placement agent, for a US$150 million private placement of common stock by PropTech Acquisition Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Porch.com, Inc.
• A leading global cannabis company in its repurchase of US$91 million of convertible senior notes
• OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited in its US$75 million private placement of common equity and warrants
• A leading global cannabis company in its US$100 million at-the-market offering
• Globant S.A. in its US$310 million follow-on offering
• Act II Global Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its US$426 million business combination with Merisant Company and MAFCO Worldwide LLC
• IBEX Limited in its US$90.5 million initial public offering
• Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, D.A. Davidson & Co. and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC in a US$90 million underwritten public offering by The Lovesac Company and certain of its stockholders
• Haymaker Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its US$850 million business combination with OneSpaWorld
• A leading global cannabis company in its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$350 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes
• Barclays Capital Inc., Commerz Markets LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in a US$1.25 billion fixed rate notes offering by Telefónica Emisiones S.A.U. 
• Valeritas Holdings, Inc. in a US$21 million equity line from Aspire Capital Fund, LLC
• Globant S.A. in a US$348 million secondary offering by WPP Luxembourg Gamma Three S.à r.l.
• Cowen and Company, LLC in a US$30 million confidentially marketed public offering by Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.
• Barclays Capital Inc., Commerz Markets LLC, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. in a US$2.0 billion fixed rate notes offering by Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U.
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in a US$500 million reopening of Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U.'s fixed rate notes
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc., BBVA Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Santander Investment Securities Inc. in a US$3.5 billion fixed rate notes offering by Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U.
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. in a US$1.25 billion notes offering by Orange S.A.
• Kadmon Holdings, Inc. in its US$75 million initial public offering
• The Blackstone Group as investor and investment manager in a US$600 million fundraising round for the launch of total return reinsurer Harrington Re, also backed by Axis Reinsurance Managers
• Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. in its US$108 million investment from International Finance Corporation
• Globant S.A. in its US$114 million follow-on offering
• Thin Film Electronics ASA in its US$22 million private placement of shares and warrants to US institutional investors
• Globant S.A. in its US$74 million follow-on offering
• Ross Stores, Inc. in its US$250 million notes offering
• Hunt Companies Inc. in its US$525 million unregistered notes offering
• Globant S.A. in its US$67 million initial public offering
• Abengoa, S.A. in its US$700 million global offering of Class B shares and American Depositary Shares
• Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated in its US$400 million unregistered notes offering
• Telecom Italia, S.p.A. in its cash tender offer of US$1.5 billion in principal amount of outstanding debt of Telecom Italia Capital S.A., its wholly owned subsidiary
• The structuring agent(s) in more than half a dozen catastrophe bond offerings representing more than US$2 billion in aggregate value

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Capital Markets Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers (2023-2024)
• Recommended, Capital Markets Equity Offerings – Advice to Managers (2019-2020, 2023-2024)
• Next Generation Partner, Capital Markets: Equity Offerings (2023-2024)

Chambers Global

• Up and Coming, Eastern United States Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2022)

Chambers USA

• Up and Coming, Nationwide SPACs (2022-2023)
• Up and Coming, Eastern United States Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2021)

Additional Awards

• Named to the New York Metro Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers
• Steve received academic scholarships from both Emory University's School of Law and Goizueta Business School
• In law school, Steve received Dean's Awards for academic achievement in deal skills, mergers and acquisitions, legal profession and venture capital

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