Underwriter
Jefferies
Active in SPAC underwriting from Oct 9, 2018 to Aug 6, 2026.
Mandates
46
44 bookrun
Deal volume
$14.1B
gross proceeds, full credit
Disclosed allocation
$5.7B
units × $10 unit price
Live vehicles
9
searching or announced
Completion rate
0%
0 closed vs 37 liquidated
46 mandates between 2018 and 2026. Busiest year 2021 with 32.
Mandates
Every SPAC IPO this house was named on, newest first, with the role the cover page credited and the units the underwriting agreement assigned.
| SPAC | Role | Status | IPO | Deal size | Allocation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCGX Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Searching | Aug 6, 2026 | — | $75.0M | |
| Irenic Acquisition Corp.IACQ | Bookrunner | Searching | Apr 28, 2026 | $254.1M | $176.0M | |
| PALOMA ACQUISITION CORP IPALO | Bookrunner | Searching | Feb 19, 2026 | $166.6M | — | |
| Safeguard Acquisition Corp.SAC | Bookrunner | Searching | Dec 4, 2025 | $230.0M | — | |
| General Purpose Acquisition Corp.GPAC | Bookrunner | Searching | Dec 3, 2025 | $230.0M | $160.0M | |
| Rice Acquisition Corp 3KRSP | Bookrunner | Searching | Oct 2, 2025 | $345.0M | — | |
| Highview Merger Corp.HVMC | Bookrunner | Searching | Aug 12, 2025 | $237.7M | — | |
| Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III Life SciencesOACC | Bookrunner | Searching | Oct 24, 2024 | $205.3M | $96.3M | |
| Healthcare AI Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Dec 13, 2021 | $213.9M | $100.0M | |
| Hunt Companies Acquisition Corp. I— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Nov 10, 2021 | $225.9M | $200.0M | |
| Roth CH Acquisition Co.— | Bookrunner | Announced | Oct 28, 2021 | $23.3M | — | |
| Home Plate Acquisition Corp— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Oct 1, 2021 | $200.0M | $194.0M | |
| Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Sep 24, 2021 | $200.0M | $130.0M | |
| Healthwell Acquisition Corp. I— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Aug 4, 2021 | $245.0M | — | |
| ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp V— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jul 13, 2021 | $149.5M | $65.0M | |
| Osiris Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | May 17, 2021 | $33.2M | $184.0M | |
| Landcadia Holdings IV, Inc.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 26, 2021 | $500.0M | $500.0M | |
| Supernova Partners Acquisition Co III, Ltd.— | Underwriter | Liquidated | Mar 24, 2021 | $281.0M | $87.5M | |
| Glass Houses Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 24, 2021 | $216.1M | $200.0M | |
| Forum Merger IV Corp— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 19, 2021 | $336.0M | $300.0M | |
| Research Alliance Corp. II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 19, 2021 | $150.4M | — | |
| FAST Acquisition Corp. II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 15, 2021 | $222.3M | — | |
| Agile Growth Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 11, 2021 | $310.0M | $150.0M | |
| VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 8, 2021 | $255.8M | $112.5M | |
| Live Oak Mobility Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 3, 2021 | $253.0M | $154.0M | |
| ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 1, 2021 | $149.5M | $65.0M | |
| Tailwind International Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 22, 2021 | $349.7M | — | |
| New Vista Acquisition Corp— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 18, 2021 | $270.5M | — | |
| ABG Acquisition Corp. I— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 18, 2021 | $150.7M | $131.0M | |
| Z-Work Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 1, 2021 | $231.0M | $200.0M | |
| EQ Health Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 1, 2021 | $215.6M | $124.3M | |
| Mason Industrial Technology, Inc.— | Underwriter | Liquidated | Feb 1, 2021 | $489.7M | $225.0M | |
| Clarim Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 1, 2021 | $281.8M | $200.0M | |
| Authentic Equity Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 19, 2021 | $230.0M | $140.0M | |
| Deep Lake Capital Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 14, 2021 | $207.0M | $81.0M | |
| MARLIN TECHNOLOGY CORP.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 14, 2021 | $405.7M | $144.0M | |
| Athlon Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 13, 2021 | $277.4M | $240.0M | |
| Empowerment & Inclusion Capital I Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 11, 2021 | $277.2M | $168.0M | |
| Omega Alpha SPAC— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 8, 2021 | $138.0M | — | |
| Bright Lights Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 7, 2021 | $6.6M | $160.0M | |
| EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp. II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Dec 11, 2020 | $6.8M | $80.0M | |
| BCLS Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Oct 23, 2020 | $143.8M | — | |
| Tekkorp Digital Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Oct 23, 2020 | $250.0M | $187.5M | |
| Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Oct 8, 2020 | $410.7M | $140.0M | |
| Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jul 23, 2020 | $4.0B | $512.0M | |
| ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Oct 9, 2018 | $143.8M | — |
Analyst questions
Jefferies and SPACs, answered
The questions a desk actually asks about a bank's blank-check franchise, answered from Jefferies's own mandates rather than from generic explainer copy.
Which SPACs has Jefferies underwritten?
Jefferies appears on the underwriting syndicate of 46 special purpose acquisition company IPOs in our index, including TCGX Acquisition Corp., Irenic Acquisition Corp. (IACQ), PALOMA ACQUISITION CORP I (PALO) and Safeguard Acquisition Corp. (SAC). The full list, with the role credited on each cover page, is in the mandates table on this page.
How many SPAC IPOs has Jefferies book-run?
Jefferies was credited as a book-running manager on 44 of its 46 SPAC mandates, 96% of them. The remainder are co-manager or syndicate positions, where the economics and the sponsor relationship sit elsewhere.
How much SPAC capital has Jefferies underwritten?
$14.1B of gross proceeds across every offering Jefferies was named on. That is the conventional league-table measure, which credits the full deal to each syndicate member. The narrower figure is its own allocation: $5.7B, being the units the underwriting agreements assigned to Jefferies specifically, priced at the $10 standard SPAC unit.
What is the largest SPAC IPO Jefferies has worked on?
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd., which raised $4.0B in Jul 2020. Jefferies was credited as a book-running manager on that offering.
Which Jefferies SPACs completed a business combination?
None of the SPACs Jefferies underwrote has yet reported a completed business combination in the filings we index. 9 remain live and 37 returned their trust.
Which Jefferies SPACs are still looking for a target?
9 vehicles Jefferies took public are still live, either searching or working towards an announced combination: TCGX Acquisition Corp., Irenic Acquisition Corp. (IACQ), PALOMA ACQUISITION CORP I (PALO), Safeguard Acquisition Corp. (SAC), General Purpose Acquisition Corp. (GPAC) and Rice Acquisition Corp 3 (KRSP). Their combination deadlines are on each profile.
What is Jefferies's SPAC completion rate?
0%. Of the 37 vehicles Jefferies underwrote that have already resolved, 0 closed a business combination and 37 liquidated. The market-wide figure is 13.2%, so Jefferies sits below it. SPACs still searching are excluded, because an unfinished clock is not a result. The rate measures the vehicles, not the bank: a syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target.
Which Jefferies SPAC performed best after its merger?
We hold a current quote for none of Jefferies's closed deals, so no comparison is possible here. Post-merger price history is not part of our dataset, and we would rather say so than imply a ranking the data does not support. What this page does show is the outcome of every vehicle and the trust economics disclosed at the time.
Which sponsors does Jefferies work with most?
Research Alliance (1 deal), ABG (1 deal), Healthcare AI (1 deal), Healthwell (1 deal) and BCLS (1 deal). Sponsor franchises are resolved from the sponsor entity named in each prospectus, so repeat issuers group together even though every vehicle is a separate legal entity.
Which banks does Jefferies share SPAC syndicates with?
Most often Citigroup (9), UBS (3), Goldman Sachs (3), Siebert Williams Shank (2) and Ladenburg Thalmann (2). Syndicate composition is read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section, so these are co-appearances on the same offering, not a commercial relationship we have any other visibility into.
When did Jefferies start underwriting SPACs, and is it still active?
Its first SPAC IPO in our index priced Oct 9, 2018 and the most recent Aug 6, 2026. 9 of its vehicles are still live, so the franchise is active.
What was Jefferies's busiest year in SPACs?
2021, with 32 mandates worth $7.5B of gross proceeds. The chart on this page shows the full year-by-year run, which for most houses traces the 2020-21 boom and the retreat that followed.
What size of SPAC does Jefferies typically underwrite?
The average offering it has been named on raised $313.8M, against a range from $6.6M to $4.0B. Deal size is a reasonable proxy for where a house sits in the market: the bulge bracket concentrates on larger trusts, the SPAC specialists on smaller ones.
Which sectors do Jefferies's SPACs target?
Technology (18), Healthcare (12), Consumer (10), Industrials (7) and Generalist (7). Mandates are read from charter language in the prospectus and are often deliberately broad. Many SPACs reserve the right to pursue any industry, in which case no sector is tagged at all.
Where do Jefferies's SPACs list?
Nasdaq (5) and NYSE (2). Listing venue is taken from the exchange record on the registrant's SEC profile.
How many of Jefferies's SPACs liquidated?
37. A liquidation means the vehicle reached its combination deadline without closing a deal and returned the trust to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed, not a default. Holders who did not redeem got their pro-rata share of the trust back.
Where does this Jefferies data come from?
Every figure is read from filings the registrants made with the SEC. Syndicate membership and role come from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section of each IPO prospectus (Form 424B4); outcomes come from the filing record: a current report announcing completion, or a delisting notice ending a liquidation. Nothing here is sourced from press coverage or from Jefferies itself.
Compiled by the SPACListing research desk
Last reconciled Aug 14, 2026
Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally IPO prospectuses (Form 424B4), current reports (Form 8-K), delisting notices (Form 25-NSE). Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.
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