Private Equity

Finance | Private Equity

Edward P. O’Keefe, Timothy A. Pratt, Bradley E. Lerman, Jeffrey W. Jackson, Jackie Robinson | Bank of America Corporation

The Editor attended the Lawyers for Civil Justice 2011 Membership Meeting on November 30, 2011 – December 2, 2011. The following report covers a roundtable discussion on regulatory and document preservation challenges, including some proposed solutions. The panelists were Edward P. O’...

Private Equity

David J. D'Urso | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: What is the current environment for M&A involving U.S. companies, either as acquirers or as acquisition targets? In what industry sectors do you see the greatest M&A activity? D’Urso: Despite the fact that we are not technically in a recession (two consecutive quarters of...

Private Equity

Lowenstein Sandler PC

The private equity industry is the latest target of an unprecedented explosion in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") enforcement by U.S. regulators. As the industry expands to emerging markets overseas and faces new Dodd-Frank regulations, private equity firms and hedge funds are...