Posted on January 28, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Crisis On Wall Street | Law | The Deal Calendar
Tagged: Cravath , Hostile deals , Inside the Deal , Jim Woolery , Private bear hug , Swaine & Moore LLP

All-time low valuations and fewer defenses against unsolicited bids will lead to more hostile deals in 2009. But according to Jim Woolery, a partner with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, much of that activity will take place outside of the public arena. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Woolery...  Continue reading

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Posted on December 2, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Election 2008 | Law | The Deal Calendar
Tagged: antitrust , Axinn , Harkrider , Inside the Deal , Michael L. Keeley , Veltrop

Expect more antitrust lawsuits as the economy seeks bottom. So says Michael L. Keeley, a partner in the antitrust group of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Keeley tells Suzanne Stevens that two factors are in play: the likelihood of companies in a recession...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 19, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Law | The Deal Calendar
Tagged: Clear Channel , Debevoise & Plimpton , Hexion , Home Depot , Huntsman , Inside the Deal , MAC , Material Adverse Change , Paul Bird

Material adverse change clauses are nothing new, but with the credit and stock markets in turmoil, it seems like they are showing up in more and more deals. This year, claims of material adverse change have forced the renegotiation of Home Depot Inc.'s sale of its HD Supply business and...  Continue reading

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Posted on August 11, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Divesting and Restructuring | The Deal Calendar
Tagged: Education , loans , M&A , restructuring , Sallie Mae

This week's episode of The Deal Calendar goes back to school. The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn speaks with The Deal's senior writer Matt Miller about the student loan crisis. The layers of lending have led to consolidation in the sector. There are many other key dealmaking events this week....  Continue reading

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Posted on August 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Divesting and Restructuring | The Deal Calendar
Tagged: Barrick Gold Corp. , Brocade Communications Systems , Cadence Energy , Cisco Systems , earnings , EMC Corp. , Foundry Networks Inc. , M&A , Smith International , W-H Energy , Whole Foods Market

Several important earnings announcements and energy deals are coming up the week of August 4, 2008. The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn of Tech Confidential and Suzanne Stevens of Corporate Dealmaker will bring you up to date on the week's dealmaking events. Here's a summary:  On Aug. 4, Smith International Inc.'s...  Continue reading

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