White & Case Honored Twice under the Impact Deal of the Year Category at International Tax Review EMEA Tax Awards

In a ceremony held in London on September 15, International Tax Review (ITR) honored global law firm White & Case LLP twice in its ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2022. Both awards received by White & Case were under the category of "Impact Deal of the Year" which celebrates deals that are noteworthy, influential in the market, innovative or complex.

White & Case received the following awards from ITR:

Impact Deal of the Year: Accor Acquisition Company IPO
White & Case advised a banking syndicate composed of Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas on the listing of Accor Acquisition Company, a SPAC sponsored by Accor, on the regulated market of Euronext Paris–the first-ever listing of a corporate SPAC in Europe.

Impact Deal of the Year: Hambro Perks Acquisition Company IPO
White & Case advised Hambro Perks Acquisition Company Limited (HPAC), a SPAC sponsored by Hambro Perks Ltd., on its £150 million initial IPO and admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The transaction is the first UK SPAC listing on the LSE with a structure reflecting the Financial Conduct Authority's new SPAC rules.

The awards "seek to celebrate the most impressive tax, transfer pricing, tax disputes, and indirect tax teams and practitioners in 34 jurisdictions throughout the region," according to ITR.