Underwriter
UBS
Active in SPAC underwriting from Dec 13, 2019 to Jul 17, 2025.
Mandates
38
35 bookrun
Deal volume
$14.7B
gross proceeds, full credit
Disclosed allocation
$4.8B
units × $10 unit price
Live vehicles
5
searching or announced
Completion rate
21.2%
7 closed vs 26 liquidated
38 mandates between 2019 and 2025. Busiest year 2021 with 26.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. IIPAII | Bookrunner | Searching | Jul 17, 2025 | $5.1M | — | |
| Rithm Acquisition Corp.RAC | Bookrunner | Searching | Feb 27, 2025 | $242.9M | $66.7M | |
| Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III Life SciencesOACC | Bookrunner | Searching | Oct 24, 2024 | $205.3M | $39.4M | |
| Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corp— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 4, 2022 | $243.1M | $200.0M | |
| Forbion European Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Completed | Dec 13, 2021 | $123.7M | $85.3M | |
| Target Global Acquisition I Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Dec 8, 2021 | $209.6M | — | |
| Motive Capital Corp II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Dec 8, 2021 | $356.6M | $145.5M | |
| Crescera Capital Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Nov 19, 2021 | $201.3M | $175.0M | |
| Juniper II Corp.— | Underwriter | Liquidated | Nov 5, 2021 | $299.0M | $130.0M | |
| Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Oct 28, 2021 | $206.3M | $175.0M | |
| ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.— | Underwriter | Liquidated | Oct 21, 2021 | $17.1M | $150.0M | |
| CIIG Capital Partners II, Inc.— | Bookrunner | Completed | Sep 16, 2021 | $287.5M | — | |
| Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Aug 16, 2021 | $276.0M | $150.0M | |
| Gobi Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jun 30, 2021 | $254.3M | $83.3M | |
| Elliott Opportunity II Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jun 30, 2021 | $597.3M | $132.5M | |
| G Squared Ascend II, Inc.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jun 15, 2021 | $149.0M | $125.0M | |
| Artisan Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Announced | May 17, 2021 | $339.4M | $195.0M | |
| Longview Acquisition Corp. II— | Underwriter | Liquidated | Mar 22, 2021 | $690.0M | $300.0M | |
| Accelerate Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 18, 2021 | $402.1M | — | |
| Peridot Acquisition Corp. II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 10, 2021 | $411.3M | $216.0M | |
| SVF Investment Corp. 2— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 10, 2021 | $230.0M | $46.0M | |
| FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Mar 3, 2021 | $275.9M | — | |
| Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 26, 2021 | $230.0M | $130.0M | |
| EJF Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Completed | Feb 25, 2021 | $287.5M | $137.5M | |
| G Squared Ascend I Inc.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 8, 2021 | $345.0M | $345.0M | |
| Itiquira Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Feb 4, 2021 | $230.0M | $70.0M | |
| Jack Creek Investment Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 25, 2021 | $347.1M | $150.0M | |
| Silver Crest Acquisition Corp— | Bookrunner | Completed | Jan 15, 2021 | $345.7M | — | |
| MARLIN TECHNOLOGY CORP.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jan 14, 2021 | $405.7M | $216.0M | |
| Poema Global Holdings Corp.— | Bookrunner | Completed | Jan 7, 2021 | $345.2M | $150.0M | |
| Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Dec 21, 2020 | $42.9M | $177.0M | |
| ScION Tech Growth I— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Dec 17, 2020 | $575.0M | — | |
| Bridgetown Holdings Ltd— | Bookrunner | Completed | Oct 19, 2020 | $595.0M | — | |
| PERIDOT ACQUISITION CORP.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Sep 24, 2020 | $294.0M | $172.5M | |
| PMV Consumer Acquisition Corp.PMVC | Bookrunner | Searching | Sep 22, 2020 | $175.0M | $131.3M | |
| FAST Acquisition Corp.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Aug 21, 2020 | $200.0M | $92.5M | |
| Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd.— | Bookrunner | Liquidated | Jul 23, 2020 | $4.0B | $576.0M | |
| Arrival Vault US, Inc.— | Bookrunner | Completed | Dec 13, 2019 | $259.9M | — |
Analyst questions
UBS and SPACs, answered
The questions a desk actually asks about a bank's blank-check franchise, answered from UBS's own mandates rather than from generic explainer copy.
Which SPACs has UBS underwritten?
UBS appears on the underwriting syndicate of 38 special purpose acquisition company IPOs in our index, including Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II (PAII), Rithm Acquisition Corp. (RAC), Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III Life Sciences (OACC) and Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corp. The full list, with the role credited on each cover page, is in the mandates table on this page.
How many SPAC IPOs has UBS book-run?
UBS was credited as a book-running manager on 35 of its 38 SPAC mandates, 92% of them. The remainder are co-manager or syndicate positions, where the economics and the sponsor relationship sit elsewhere.
How much SPAC capital has UBS underwritten?
$14.7B of gross proceeds across every offering UBS 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: $4.8B, being the units the underwriting agreements assigned to UBS specifically, priced at the $10 standard SPAC unit.
What is the largest SPAC IPO UBS has worked on?
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd., which raised $4.0B in Jul 2020. UBS was credited as a book-running manager on that offering.
Which UBS SPACs completed a business combination?
7 of the SPACs UBS underwrote closed a combination: Forbion European Acquisition Corp., CIIG Capital Partners II, Inc., EJF Acquisition Corp., Silver Crest Acquisition Corp, Poema Global Holdings Corp. and Bridgetown Holdings Ltd. Closing means the vehicle filed a current report reporting completion of the acquisition. That is an outcome, not a return.
Which UBS SPACs are still looking for a target?
5 vehicles UBS took public are still live, either searching or working towards an announced combination: Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II (PAII), Rithm Acquisition Corp. (RAC), Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III Life Sciences (OACC), Artisan Acquisition Corp. and PMV Consumer Acquisition Corp. (PMVC). Their combination deadlines are on each profile.
What is UBS's SPAC completion rate?
21.2%. Of the 33 vehicles UBS underwrote that have already resolved, 7 closed a business combination and 26 liquidated. The market-wide figure is 13.2%, so UBS sits above 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 UBS SPAC performed best after its merger?
We hold a current quote for none of UBS'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 UBS work with most?
Pyrophyte (2 deals), G Squared Ascend Management (2 deals), Peridot (2 deals), Kensington (2 deals) and CIIG Management (2 deals). 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 UBS share SPAC syndicates with?
Most often Citigroup (10), Barclays (5), BTIG (4), Academy Securities (3) and Jefferies (3). 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 UBS start underwriting SPACs, and is it still active?
Its first SPAC IPO in our index priced Dec 13, 2019 and the most recent Jul 17, 2025. 5 of its vehicles are still live, so the franchise is active.
What was UBS's busiest year in SPACs?
2021, with 26 mandates worth $7.9B 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 UBS typically underwrite?
The average offering it has been named on raised $386.9M, against a range from $5.1M 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 UBS's SPACs target?
Technology (18), Financial Services (9), Consumer (8), Transportation & Logistics (6) and Generalist (5). 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 UBS's SPACs list?
NYSE (2), Nasdaq (1) and OTC (1). Listing venue is taken from the exchange record on the registrant's SEC profile.
How many of UBS's SPACs liquidated?
26. 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 UBS 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 UBS itself.
Compiled by the SPACListing research desk
Last reconciled Aug 17, 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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