Ten years after

As deal volumes surged, so did the ability of corporations to handle M&A transactions all by themselves. What's an adviser to do?

Some of the most sophisticated minds in finance operate in private equity. Still, over the past decades, they've been drawn to overheated markets as easily as your Average Joe.

The JLL Partners managing director Paul Levy says PE is now dominated by assets under management.

In the late '90s, venture capital generated extraordinary returns on high-risk companies. Then came the collapse, and the industry has struggled to find its way since.

Richard Kramlich believes his firm's style of investing is the key to its success.

Bankruptcy has undergone a rapid evolution in the past decade, shaped by a financial system of tooth-rattling extremes.

Co-founder Tony Alvarez says his firm was 'in the right place at the right time' when Lehman came calling the night before it filed for bankruptcy.

The veteran Kirkland & Ellis bankruptcy lawyer says 'we've never seen a cycle like this before.'

Investment bankers Henry Miller and Kenneth Buckfire say preperation is the best way to avoid the worst-case scenario.

Some advisers on Disney's $4 billion acquisition of Marvel have long ties to the buyer and seller.

Akin Gump lawyers were up against it to close the Baker Hughes transaction.

Keith Flaum and other Cooley expatriates represent eBay for Dewey & LeBoeuf in the Skype deal.

Asarco judge Richard S. Schmidt likes dealing with different issues, plays keyboard in a rock band and stays in shape.

Disney paid a hefty premium for the comic book and movie house. But it's a complex deal with about 5,000 potential cash-flow-rich characters.

In the wake of the last banking crisis, regulators won a tough-sounding power, but "prompt corrective action" hasn't lived up to its name.

London administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers refuses to cooperate with its international counterparts.

Quaker George Cadbury was a rare beacon of industrial decency in Victorian Britain. His namesake company is vulnerable to an unwelcome bid from Kraft.

Spare a thought for all the dealmakers who have messed up over the years — and in so doing, helped to keep you out of similar trouble.

Foundation Capital believes it has a rare winner in smart grid company Silver Spring Networks.

Issuance of high-yield is rising. That's good, but refinancings still outstrip new money by a wide margin.

A look at the spreads of CF Industries-Agrium and Verenex Energy-Libyan National.

Once again, my wayward friends, we are going through one of those paranoid episodes Richard Hofsteader described so acutely.

The Daily Deal's story begins long before the publication of the first issue on Sept. 15, 1999.

For 10 years, we have watched the media swing wildly in its view of Wall Street. With Oliver Stone back in town, it's clear nothing ever changes.

Why did Lamar Advertising's stock suddenly shoot up? Check the gussied-up balance sheet.

In two decisions this summer, Chancery grappled with a higher court's ruling in a controversial buyout case.

American dealmakers hope for a bit more certainty in U.K. merger review guidelines.

An accountant's perspective on the M&A outlook.

Forecasting the short-term outlook for M&A transactions.

Wait for a return to the boom times for cookie-cutter deal production factories and you'll end up in a different line of work.