Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know
all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Richard Ackerman and Lori Wittman, signing singly,
the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
(1)
execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s
capacity as an officer and/or director of Big Rock Partners
Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the
undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
undersigned’s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
securities of the Company;
(2)
do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such
form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and
(3)
take
any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 1st day of December, 2017.
/s/ Albert
Rex_________________
Signature
Albert
Rex_____________________
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