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Soapbox: Proactive

[Posted on June 7, 2008 at 10:00 AM]

Corporate boards of directors and management can -- and should -- be more proactive in preparing for and addressing increasing activism by shareholders....
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Soapbox: Riding in the side car

[Posted on June 6, 2008 at 10:30 AM]

Key considerations for private equity fund sponsors when working with committed co-investment structures.
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Soapbox: Power struggle

[Posted on June 2, 2008 at 2:06 PM]

In the Daily Deal Robert Willens, president of Robert Willens LLC, examines the Calpine Corp./NRG Energy Inc. deal. NRG Energy, Inc. recently proposed a business combination with Calpine Corp. in...
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Soapbox: Expanding Borders

[Posted on May 31, 2008 at 9:00 AM]

In The Deal NewsWeekly George Casey and George Karafotias, partners at Shearman & Sterling LLP, analyze the SEC's proposed changes to cross-border M&A rules. The Securities and Exchange Commission has...
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Soapbox: New Delhi dealmaking

[Posted on May 30, 2008 at 2:49 PM]

In the DealNewsWeekly, Yash Rana, a partner in the New York office of Goodwin Procter LLP, comments on the increased investments and increased presence of private equity firms in India....
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Soapbox: The rise of OID

[Posted on May 27, 2008 at 4:02 PM]

In The Daily Deal Eric Goodison, a partner in the corporate department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, examines the emergence of original issue discounts and the...
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Soapbox: Winging a deal

[Posted on May 21, 2008 at 8:05 AM]

In the Daily Deal Gary I. Horowitz, an attorney with Washington law firm Wiley Rein LLP, analyzes business aircraft liabilities in mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. Many large corporations own private...
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Soapbox: Bear's moral

[Posted on May 20, 2008 at 8:08 AM]

In The Deal NewsWeekly Gene Colter of Peppercom, a New York-based communications firm, analyzes the lesson of the Bear bailout, and why moral hazard is here to stay. The scariest...
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Soapbox: Smoke on the water

[Posted on May 19, 2008 at 12:40 PM]

In The Deal NewsWeekly Evan Flaschen, head of the financial restructuring group at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, argues that frivolous bankruptcy litigations are crowding out claims that actually have some...
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Soapbox: The next subprime debacle?

[Posted on May 15, 2008 at 12:54 PM]

Paul Andrews and Aaron Tam of UHY Advisors FLVS Inc.'s restructuring and turnaround practice group comment on private equity acquisitions and the mortgage crisis in The Daily Deal. The subprime...
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Soapbox: Northern exposures

[Posted on May 12, 2008 at 2:46 PM]

In The Daily Deal Aubrey E. Kauffman and Stuart Brotman, partners of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, explain what U.S. companies need to know about Canadian bankruptcy law.
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Soapbox: Merger blueprint

[Posted on May 9, 2008 at 5:25 PM]

In The Deal NewsWeekly Gerald Adolph and Goran Hagegard of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc lay out a 3-Year, 100-Day post-merger integration plan. Merging two organizations requires a vast amount of...
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Soapbox: Netsmart to Guttman

[Posted on May 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM]

In The Deal NewsWeekly Edward B. Micheletti and Rachel J. Barnett of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP argue that in Delaware, circumstances that cause Chancery to look askance...
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