Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Ronald R. Papa, Jeffrey A. Horwitz | Proskauer

Editor: Please describe your M&A practices. On which industries do you focus? Papa: My practice is based on the representation of companies (rather than private equity sponsors), significantly weighted towards cross-border M&A, although not exclusively. In my practice, cross-border...

Antitrust & Competition

Paul B. Hewitt | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Maurice M. Lefkort | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Since the Abry case in 2006,[1] sellers in mergers and acquisition transactions have increasingly tried to structure Acquisition Agreements to effectively nullify buyers’ common law fraud remedies. This trend, if taken to its extreme, would allow a seller to lie in diligence to induce a...