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Practicing M&A: Antitrust, CFIUS, IP, Healthcare And Other Due Diligence Concerns
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background. Watkins: As a corporate and transactional lawyer, I have done M&A deals and financing transactions, including investments from pools of capital such as private equity firms, venture capital firms, hedge funds, family offices, and...
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Antitrust Considerations Affecting M&A
Editor: Please tell us about your background and experience. Hewitt: I developed an interest in antitrust in college as an economics major. After graduating from law school, I clerked for a year and then went to the Federal Trade Commission. I left the FTC in 1978 to go to Akin Gump, where I...
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Getting Public M&A Deals Done Today: Litigation And Its Effects
Editor: There has been a lot of focus recently on the prevalence of litigation around public M&A transactions. Can you give us your views on why there has been an increase in this type of litigation? Myers: The lawsuits challenging M&A transactions are coming from several sources. As...
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