DealLawyers.com
"The blog for acquisitive minds—contributions from the M&A community."
Author: Broc Romanek, a former lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is editor of the blawg. He also authors TheCorporateCounsel.net and contributes to The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions
Recent Posts from DealLawyers.com
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Black & Decker's CEO Does the Right Thing? Foregoes Change-of-Control Payment
Black & Decker's CEO Does the Right Thing? Foregoes Change-of-Control Payment I loved Michelle Leder's title of her footnoted.org blog today entitled "On Black and Decker's CEO and unicorns...". Michelle was referring to the Form…
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Study: Selected U.S. Strategic M&A Transactions
Study: Selected U.S. Strategic M&A Transactions From Paul Weiss: Here is our recent survey of selected U.S. strategic mergers announced during the period from August 1, 2007 to July 31, 2009. The M&A marketplace during…
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The United Kingdom: A Hostile Paradise?
The United Kingdom: A Hostile Paradise? The thoughtful analysis below was written a little while back by Nelson Seraci of RiskMetrics' M&A Edge Research Team: On September 7th, U.S. food giant Kraft announced a "bear…
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A Proxy Solicitor's Perspective: Option Exchange Programs
A Proxy Solicitor's Perspective: Option Exchange Programs From our proxy solicitor podcast series, in this podcast, Reid Pearson of The Altman Group provides some insight into option exchange program issues, including: - Once a company…
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Poison Pill Usage Continues to Decline
Poison Pill Usage Continues to Decline Here is something from Kevin Wells of RiskMetrics' U.S. Research Team (as originally noted in RiskMetrics' blog): Though not as prevalent as they once were, shareholder rights plans, commonly…
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More on Broker Nonvote Math
More on Broker Nonvote Math Last week, Tom Ball gave us the basics in broker nonvote math. In this podcast, David Drake and Rhonda Brauer dig further into the math of revised NYSE Rule 452…
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Baker v. Goldman Sachs: The Hazards of Advising a Private Company
Baker v. Goldman Sachs: The Hazards of Advising a Private Company - by John Jenkins, Calfee Halter & Griswold Investment banks spend a lot of time tailoring their M&A engagement letters to address the perceived…
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House Hearing on Private Equity and Venture Capital Regulation
House Hearing on Private Equity and Venture Capital Regulation In the "Private Equity Law Review" Blog, Steve Vasil has some amusing analysis as he describes the House Financial Services Committee's hearings on regulating hedge funds,…
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M&A: Behind the Boom in Unsolicited Bids
M&A: Behind the Boom in Unsolicited Bids In this recent BusinessWeek article, Frank Aquila of Sullivan & Cromwell does a great job of foretelling our future - and explaining our present - in the world…
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Basics of Calculating Impact of Loss of Broker Nonvotes
Basics of Calculating Impact of Loss of Broker Nonvotes Helping you to gear up for a difficult proxy season, I have decided to start a weekly proxy solicitor podcast series. Each week, a new podcast…