PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, March 19, 2025: Morgan Lewis advised Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I, a special-purpose acquisition company, on the signing of a business combination agreement with JSC Kyivstar, a digital operator in Ukraine. Upon closing, Kyivstar is expected to be the only US-listed pure-play Ukrainian investment opportunity on Nasdaq.
Cohen Circle is a SPAC sponsored by investment firm Cohen Circle LLC and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more technology and/or financial services businesses. Kyivstar is Ukraine’s largest communications operator, serving more than 23 million mobile subscribers and over 1.1 million home internet fixed-line customers.
Morgan Lewis partners Todd Hentges, Rahul Patel, Kevin Shmelzer, and Crystal Fang are advising Cohen Circle along with associates Charles Condro, David Bionghi, Benjamin Stango, Shannon Gaffney, Jacob Lenchner, Okeya Smith, and Deborah Choi.