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Inside The Deal: Cravath's Jim Woolery on private bear hug hostiles

Published February 13, 2009 at 11:21 AM


All-time low valuations and fewer defenses against unsolicited bids will lead to more hostile deals in 2009. But according to Jim Woolery, a partner with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, much of that activity will take place outside of the public arena. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Woolery tells Suzanne Stevens that an uptick in stock deals will result in more private bear hug hostile transactions, in which a seller is approached privately with an unsolicited offer designed to force the target to engage.  See the video below or download it at iTunes.  - Maria Woehr


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Inside The Deal: Cravath partner Jim Woolery on the next M&A wave
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