DLA Piper advises BTIG, LLC in US$230 million initial public offering of Illumination Acquisition Corp I

DLA Piper advised BTIG, LLC as sole book-running manager in the US$230 million initial public offering of Illumination Acquisition Corp I.

Illumination Acquisition Corp I is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company may pursue an initial business combination in any industry or geographic region, but it expects to focus on identifying a growth company in a vertical where its management team has domain experience, including the nuclear, artificial intelligence/high performance computing, technology, industrial growth, and financial services industries.

The DLA Piper deal team was led by Partner Stephen Alicanti (New York), Of Counsel Christine Lehr (Raleigh), and Associates Andrew Wolfe and Conor Kelly (both New York).

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