On January 18, 2022, Sonder Holdings Inc., a leading next-generation hospitality company that is redefining the guest experience through technology and design, announced that it completed its previously announced business combination with Gores Metropoulos II, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group, LLC, and Metropoulos & Co. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of Gores Metropoulos II stockholders on January 14, 2022. The combined company, operating as Sonder Holdings Inc., commenced trading its common stock and publicly traded warrants on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on January 19, 2022, under the ticker symbols “SOND” and “SONDW,” respectively.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Sonder on the transaction includes:

Corporate
Mark Baudler
Andrew Hoffman
Christina Poulsen
Jonathan Chan
Avery Minor
Ben Miller
Charlie McDonald
Julian Perlmutter
Marianne Stark Bradley

M&A
Ethan Lutske
Catherine Riley Tzipori
Dennise Martinez

Finance and Structured Finance
Andrew Hirsch
Jill Fulwiler
Andrew Ralston
Nick Wilson

Employee Benefits and Compensation
John Aguirre
Michael Klippert

Delaware
Amy Simmerman
Adrian Broderick
James Griffin-Stanco
Jason Schoenberg

Litigation
Ignacio Salceda
Betty Rowe

Tax
Myra Sutanto Shen
Nika Antonikova

Real Estate
Jim McCann

For more information, please see Sonder's press release.