Haynes and Boone, LLP advised Brand Engagement Network Inc. (BEN) in connection with a business combination with special-purpose acquisition company DHC Acquisition Corp. and a PIPE financing. The transaction closed after market on Thursday, March 14, and the combined company began trading on Nasdaq Friday morning under the ticker symbol BNAI.
The combination results in BEN, a provider of personalized customer engagement AI technology, becoming a U.S. publicly listed company.
The Haynes Boone legal team was led by Intellectual Property Partner David McCombs, member of the firm’s board of directors and counsel to Fortune 500 companies and high-growth ventures, and Matt Fry, co-chair of the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group. They were assisted by Logan Weissler, Allie Pencsak, Sawyer Smith, Camden Brown and Tyler Murry.
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