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The default option

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.

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Analysis

Off offshore

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

Tips on selecting the right buyer for your strategic disposition.


Judgment Call

Let bylaws be bylaws

The authors discuss how to put teeth in advance notice bylaws.


Industry Insight

Closing the tough deal

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.



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Dealmakers

The deal lawyers

Profiles of eight attorneys poised for prominent roles in bankruptcy, privatization and international M&A.


Regulatory

Path to passage

Despite the inevitable fighting and lobbying, much of Obama's regulatory package may well become law.


Deals

Rural rollups

Consolidation continues among telecoms serving low-density, slow-growing markets. Despite some blowups, dealmaking rolls on.


Deals

Blast from the past

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

Merrill Lynch's track record includes some of the sector's most ill-timed, ill-fated acquisitions.


Follow the Money

Life extension

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore's Minh Van Ngo.


Dealmakers

Not a bankruptcy renegade

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges' Susheel Kirpalani.


Dealmakers

The natural

Sarah Paterson of Slaughter and May.


Dealmakers

Cross-border chic

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

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.


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