Robinhood’s IPO
July 29, 2021
Cravath represented Robinhood in connection with its initial public offering. Robinhood raised approximately $1.9 billion of net proceeds in the IPO. Shares began trading on July 29, 2021 on the NASDAQ exchange.
The Cravath team included partners Andrew J. Pitts and D. Scott Bennett and associates Claudia J. Ricciardi, Ellen H. Park, Margaret R. Fleming and Courtney T. Seager on capital markets matters; partners John W. White, Mark I. Greene, Thomas E. Dunn and Aaron M. Gruber, of counsel Kimberley S. Drexler and associates Ashley Gust, Kyra E. Ferber and Katharine E. Waldman on corporate governance and board advisory matters; partners Stephen L. Gordon and J. Leonard Teti II on tax matters; partner Jonathan J. Katz and associates Anna Mikaelyan and David Crampton on executive compensation and benefits matters; and partner David J. Kappos and associates Rohan E. George and Pedraam Mirzanian on intellectual property matters. Glory P. James, Jason O. Rooindej, William Tong and Cierra Coury also worked on capital markets matters and Julia Nagle worked on corporate governance and board advisory matters.
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