Strategies for Structuring Winning Deals
***Featuring the Perspective of an Investment Banker on the Impact
of the Economic Crisis on M&A Deals***
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Now available on CD
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Corporate Finance/Securities Teleconference Advisory Board
As the volatility in the credit markets and economic downturn forces more companies into financial crisis, savvy buyers are identifying new opportunities to purchase businesses at bargain prices while troubled companies are seeking ways to ease the pain of looming failure.
However, the new investment opportunities present a myriad of legal and financial considerations for buyers and for troubled businesses. Acquiring a distressed business typically involves a compressed transaction with competing interests among stakeholders.
It is critical that counsel for the buyer and seller act strategically to negotiate a deal that maximizes the value to their clients’ respective benefits.
Listen as our panel of attorneys — both M&A and insolvency — discusses new opportunities in distressed M&A and offers best practices for buyers and troubled businesses for structuring the deal.
The panel included:
Michael E. Foreman, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, New York. He represents secured and unsecured lenders and creditors, acquirers of and investors in distressed assets, and reorganizing and financially distressed companies in Chapter 11 restructurings.
Joseph T. Kinning, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, Minneapolis. He has counseled corporate clients through complex mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other business transactions for more than 20 years.
Stephen Spencer, Director, Houlihan Lokey, Minneapolis. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, special situations financing, financial restructuring and other corporate finance transactions. He also heads the office’s Distressed M&A Practice.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What are the key factors driving the increase in distressed M&A deals?
- What are some of the potential legal pitfalls in negotiating distressed M&A deals?
- What are the best practices for counsel on both sides of the deal to tailor terms in distressed transactions?
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