Friday, July 3,

9:27 pm

  • Log in to The Deal Pipeline
  • Subscribe to The Deal magazine
  • Products & services

— The latest articles and special reports from The Deal —

Top feature

The default option

By Richard Morgan

Gannett has enough problems battling recession and flagging newspaper fortunes. But on top of that, the chain must cope with credit default swaps and empty creditors. The result could be Chapter 11.

Full Story

Discussion

Community

	Analysis Off offshore By Simon Thomas of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
The traditional model of offshore funds, typically set up in the Cayman Islands, has recently faced unseen levels of scrutiny. As a result, the future of the so-called unregulated offshore centers has been called into question.

	Industry Insight Seller's delight By James A. Grayer And Jodi Rosensaft of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Tips on selecting the right buyer for your strategic disposition.

	Judgment Call Let bylaws be bylaws By Joseph F. Bernardi Jr., Joseph J. Basile And Arthur Kimball-stanley of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
The authors discuss how to put teeth in advance notice bylaws.

	Industry Insight Closing the tough deal By Chelsea A. Grayson and Mary C. Warner, Jones Day
Terms and structures now used to get deals done are post-closing purchase price payments, earnouts, simultaneous acquisitions, rollups, payments in kind and joint ventures.

• Community Home
• The Deal On Facebook

More features

	Dealmakers The deal lawyers By David Marcus
Profiles of eight attorneys poised for prominent roles in bankruptcy, privatization and international M&A.

	Regulatory Path to passage By Bill McConnell and Donna Block
Despite the inevitable fighting and lobbying, much of Obama's regulatory package may well become law.

	Deals Rural rollups By Chris Nolter
Consolidation continues among telecoms serving low-density, slow-growing markets. Despite some blowups, dealmaking rolls on.

	Deals Blast from the past By Barbara Rudolph and Neil Sen
BlackRock-BGI probably won't set off a rash of BIG asset management deals. Potential acquirers are scarce, and vendor finance is hard to come by. Companies that can raise equity will have the edge.

	Postmortem Merrill's mess By Barbara Rudolph
Merrill Lynch's track record includes some of the sector's most ill-timed, ill-fated acquisitions.

	Follow the Money Life extension By Vipal Monga
HCA tried to persuade investors to give it freedom to deal with its debt. They resisted. CLOs have a strong incentive to approve HCA's request because of the size of its loans and the prospect that they might be repaid early if HCA issues more bonds to reduce its senior debt.

	Dealmakers Passage to M&A By Vipal Monga
Cravath, Swaine & Moore's Minh Van Ngo.

	Dealmakers Not a bankruptcy renegade By Francesca Levy
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges' Susheel Kirpalani.

	Dealmakers The natural By Matt Miller
Sarah Paterson of Slaughter and May.

	Dealmakers Cross-border chic By David Marcus
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier's Ben Burman is the sole non-French partner at the prestigious French law firm and one of very few to be found among its rivals.

	Dealmakers On yelling, screaming and understanding By Chris Nolter
Masonite International's Chapter 11 reorganization was in some respects a three-month, running cell-phone conversation between CEO Fred Lynch and bankruptcy counsel Jonathan Henes of Kirkland & Ellis.

— The latest articles and special reports from The Deal —

Top feature

Community

More features

Search