Rigors of rehab

Sun Capital leads a number of Wall Street firms and private equity shops into the DIP market.

As digital advertising rapidly evolves, a surge of dealmaking and consolidation begins, but like everything else in advertising, it's a little unclear what it all means.

When the global economy cratered, China and India girded for the worst, but a surprising amount of M&A still takes place.

A conversation with Skadden Arps' Pierre Servan-Schreiber on French M&A.

For Barclays, the sale of iShares should prove to be an astute maneuver.

B&G's brands get tweaked but don't change that much. The same goes for its approach to deals.

Ways for PE-backed companies to weather the current economic storm.

Moody's revisits the impact of dividend recaps on sponsor-backed companies, and foodies bemoan Balducci's departure from New York.

A Delaware bankruptcy court delves into the tangled relations among Sumner and Shari Redstone, a failing games company and an obscure buyer.

Two bills in Congress could decisively undermine the hedge fund industry.

Skepticism abounds over Pfizer's ability to digest Wyeth.

Euro valuation models may be more forgiving than their U.S. counterparts, but write-downs loom.

They seemed so yesterday. But with its "scoop" on the Express Scripts deal, The Wall Street Journal brings strategic placements back to life.

The banks get their way on mark-to-market rules.

Directory publisher Idearc's restructuring plan could serve competitor R.H. Donnelley equally well. But will either company's creditors go for it?

Move over, Leo Strine. This year's Tulane confab belonged to Stephen Lamb, who is retiring from Delaware's Court of Chancery in July.

The M&A bar cheers as the Delaware Supreme Court overturns a perplexing decision in the Lyondell case.

Protecting your intellectual property when your licensee (or licensor) is bankrupt.

Antitrust mavens expect a more aggressive stance from the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.

Skadden Arps' Lou Kling (pictured) and Howard Ellin team advised Express Scripts on its NextRx deal.

Speculation over who will succeed Stephen Lamb in Delaware abounds. One possibility: Abrams & Laster's J. Travis Laster.

"The House of Dimon:" A "leadership profile" chronicling his career successes.

Bill Tyndall is Duke Energy's new VP for government and regulatory affairs. He's done time in government, corporate development and private equity.

August Capital raised a $650M fund in the first quarter. Still, partner David Hornik says the environment's as tough for firms as it is for startups.

Cadwalader's Geoffrey Levin represented CVC on its iShares deal.

Dow Chemical used Shearman & Sterling's George Casey (pictured) and Daniel Litowitz on its Morton sale.

Wachtell represented Fidelity National in its Metavante deal and Centex on its sale to Pulte Homes.

Total has sweetened its bid for UTS Energy and says its the final offer, while Libya's National Oil Corp. is expected to decide soon on the Verenex-CNPCI deal.

It was the rare economist who can claim he saw the crisis coming. But that doesn't stop the continuing predictions.