Alice Hsu

Alice Hsu is a market-leading capital markets and corporate governance attorney, with particular experience in the energy and financial services industries.

• Mandate

  • 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