Haynes and Boone advised Brand Engagement Network (BEN) in connection with a business combination with special-purpose acquisition company DHC Acquisition and a PIPE financing. The transaction closed after market on March 14, and the combined company began trading on Nasdaq Friday morning under the ticker symbol BNAI. The combination resulted 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 David McCombs, intellectual property partner at Haynes and Boone, 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.
