March 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 to Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The M&A market has been in a period of great fluctuation along with the economy, with significantly reduced deal activity compared to recent peaks but with growing expectations that M&A activity will see an uptick in the near future. The steep decline in large leveraged buyouts, as a result of the credit crunch, has been one important trend, while an increase in hostile deals and distressed M&A situations has been another. The decline in large M&A deals and the distress of many sellers has raised questions about what "the market" for deal terms is, whether buyers or sellers now have the upper hand, and whether any new paradigms in dealmaking will emerge. These questions, along with the new deal technology and case law emerging to address them, are among the points that will be discussed at the Doing Deals program.