Mergers & Acquisitions

Finance

Maurice M. Lefkort, Robert B. Stebbins, Adam M. Turteltaub | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision highlights the importance of careful review and negotiation of the confidentiality agreements typically entered into at the beginning of the merger and acquisition process. In Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Vulcan Materials Company (Del. Ch. 2012...

International Trade

Ansgar C. Rempp | Jones Day

Editor: Tell us about your background. Rempp: I have been a corporate and transactional lawyer for 23 years, having spent 20 of those with Jones Day in New York, Frankfurt, Munich, and now Düsseldorf. I have two main areas of focus. Number one is cross-border M&A and private equity...

Contracts

Brian A. Johnson, Jerita L. DeBraux Salley | Wiley Rein LLP

Letters Of Intent Defined Letters of Intent, sometimes referred to as "memorandums of understanding," are frequently used in media transactions and are pre-contractual documents that set forth certain basic terms upon which parties intend to enter into binding definitive agreements....