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Alex Weniger-Araujo

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Partner

Alex Weniger-Araujo is a transactional partner whose practice is focused on corporate finance, venture finance, corporate governance, and general corporate law matters. He represents both foreign and domestic, emerging growth and high-technology issuers and investors in equity crowdfunding, public and private offerings and mergers and acquisitions transactions, including SPAC IPOs, business combinations (de-SPAC) and PIPE financing transactions, and advises clients on public reporting requirements for issuers and shareholders.

Alex brings a distinctive background to his securities practice. Before entering private practice, he led product development for a legal technology company, founded a real estate analytics SaaS platform, and served as general counsel at a New York-based venture development firm focused on Seed to Series-A stage companies. That entrepreneurial experience informs his counsel to growth-stage companies and the sponsors and investors that work alongside them.

The 3 Non-Negotiables Every DESPAC Target Must Show Today with Alex Weniger-Araujo & Shahrooz Shahnavaz
May 20, 2026

The 3 Non-Negotiables Every DESPAC Target Must Show Today with Alex Weniger-Araujo & Shahrooz Shahnavaz

Alex Weniger-Araujo (Capital Markets & Securities Partner) and Shahrooz Shahnavaz (Tax Partner & Co-Leader) of McGuireWoods on DESPAC target readiness in the SPAC 4.0 era — the three non-negotiables every target must show today: audit readiness and PCAOB-qualified financials, a credible why-public thesis, and tax structuring discipline. Over 100 SPAC and DESPAC transactions of practitioner-grade insight.

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