Bill Gates-Backed Biotech Preps SPAC Deal with New Legal Chief

April 16, 2021, 8:31 PM UTC

Bill Gates-backed robotics company Vicarious Surgical Inc., which this week announced a SPAC merger with D8 Holdings Corp. hired a new top lawyer in the weeks prior to the transaction.

June Morris joined Charleston, Mass.-based Vicarious Surgical as general counsel and chief legal officer last month after serving as general counsel at private consulting firm FT Management and Associates. Her appointment was announced March 16 along with that of William Kelly as the company’s chief financial officer.

Vicarious Surgical’s merger with Hong Kong-based SPAC D8 Holdings is expected to close in the third quarter. The combined company will be valued ...

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