Ares Acquisition Corp AAC (last ticker on record)

CIK 1829432Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement

These figures describe clients, not conduct. A lawyer or firm can serve many companies that later had trouble for reasons that have nothing to do with their work, and nothing here says any lawyer or firm did anything wrong.

Red flags: 1; Newest began Dec 2021
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 14; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 9; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Dec 29, 2021Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)

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Law firms

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Latham & Watkins LLP	Jan 2023	Named in SEC correspondence	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Monica Shilling	Dec 2022	Named in SEC correspondence	9	0.00	0.00	0.51
Philippa Bond, P.C.	Jan 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	12	1.34	0.00	0.88
Kirkland & Ellis	Oct 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Maples and Calder	Oct 2020	Named in a filing	1,144	0.95	0.26	0.92
Ropes & Gray	Oct 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	914	0.98	0.14	0.92
Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Oct 2023	Text search only	94	1.64	0.31	0.69
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	Mar 2023	Text search only	138	1.29	4.29	1.16
Morrison Cohen LLP	Mar 2023	Text search only	74	1.77	0.85	1.15
Torys LLP	Mar 2023	Text search only	170	1.22	0.44	0.94
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	Jan 2023	Text search only	223	0.67	0.75	0.97
Hogan Lovells US LLP	Jan 2023	Text search only	487	0.96	0.26	0.85
Mourant Ozannes (Cayman)	Jan 2023	Text search only	54	0.76	0.00	0.63
K&L Gates	Jan 2021	Text search only	723	1.06	1.35	1.18

Lawyers

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Lawyers linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	95% wipeout
H. Thomas FelixKirkland & Ellis	Jan 2023	Named in SEC correspondence	9	2.05	0.54
John J. SlaterLatham & Watkins LLP	Jan 2023	Named in SEC correspondence	18	0.00	0.29
Paul F. SheridanLatham & Watkins LLP	Jan 2023	Named in SEC correspondence	20	1.01	1.39
Rachel W. SheridanLatham & Watkins LLP	Jan 2023	Named in SEC correspondence	45	0.63	1.47
Monica J. ShillingProskauer Rose	Jan 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	10	0.00	0.00
Michael S. PiloFenwick & West LLP	Oct 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	26	0.00	0.60
Paul D. TroppRopes & Gray	Oct 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	108	0.85	0.94
Peter S. SeligsonKirkland & Ellis	Oct 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	73	0.48	1.17
Christian O. NaglerKirkland & Ellis	Oct 2020	Text search only	260	0.89	1.01