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China's dealmakers briefed on U.S. law (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Leading up to the publishing of our next Corporate Dealmaker magazine later this month, we've been telling you about investments in the emerging markets. Our contacts at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP just reminded us of the flip side of the equation with a  report called "Acquisition of U.S....

Posted on March 7, 2008 9:37 AM

Connections: Sept.-Oct. 2007 (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Change champion at Chevron Having spent 27 years with Chevron Corp., John Watson will move into his latest role--as executive vice president for strategy and development--amid a major restructuring. The company is reorganizing its worldwide exploration and production group, which Watson, who starts in January, may know better than...

Posted on October 15, 2007 7:35 PM

Outward bound (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Chinese companies haven't flocked into overseas acquisitions, but they're becoming more active, and the trend will likely accelerate.

Posted on June 15, 2007 1:44 PM

China's changing deal climate (from Corporate Dealmaker)

China tends to give bureaucrats lots of room to interpret its loosely worded laws, so it's still early to tell how the changes made in September 2006 to its acquisition rules will play out. But there are some signs of a backlash against foreign investment. In November, for example,...

Posted on April 15, 2007 8:24 AM

Put on your thinking CAPs (from Corporate Dealmaker)

M&A practitioners watched closely as Oracle Corp.'s recent hostile acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. raised, but didn't fully answer, a fascinating tactical question. Did PeopleSoft's "customer assurance programs" - contracts that would pay customers significant amounts if an acquirer stopped supporting the PeopleSoft products - constitute appropriate business protections or...

Posted on June 15, 2005 6:20 PM