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The New Face Of Private Equity
Editor: Robin and David, would you both briefly describe your backgrounds in the private equity arena. Tegeler: I am a partner in the corporate department of Proskauer Rose LLP, practicing in the area of private investment fund formation. My practice includes the formation of private equity,...
Read MoreIP Law, Biotech And Business And Coping With Bilski And KSR
Editor: Jennifer, please describe your scientific background and why you became interested in patent law. Camacho: In college, my focus was on cell and structural biology. I continued my interest in science as a research assistant at Harvard and at the University of Illinois. Although pure science...
Read MoreProviding The Tools To Protect Clients From The Impact Of The Crisis
Editor: Mr. Gerkis, would you tell our readers about your professional experience? Gerkis: I have been a corporate lawyer for 25 years. Over the last half dozen years I have focused on M&A, including private equity transactions. I have also spent a fair amount of time working on various types...
Read MoreIn Today's Financial Markets Crisis, More, Not Less, Insurance Protection Is In Order
Editor: Would each of you tell our readers something about your professional background? Cohen: I joined Proskauer Rose as a partner in 2008. Prior to that I was the managing shareholder of Heller Ehrman's Los Angeles office, where I also served as co-chair of the firm's Insurance Recovery and...
Read MoreMark-To-Market Accounting:Villain Of The Financial Crisis?
As the economic devastation of the 2008 financial crises spread exponentially, the inevitable search for culprits, causes and cures has ensued. Politicians, economists and all manner of interested observers - armed with hindsight in what they lacked in foresight - have presented stinging critiques...
Read MoreChina Is Our New Frontier
Editor: Yuval, please tell our readers briefly about your background. Yuval: I received my basic legal education in Israel at the Hebrew University, and after clerking for the Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Idid an LL.M. and a J.S.D. (the legal equivalent of a Ph.D.) at the University...
Read MoreHedge Funds: From Present Problems - To A Brighter Future
Editor: Chris, tell us about the experience you and Tim bring to the hedge fund field. Wells: I have been practicing in the hedge fund area for 27 years and Tim for about 15 years. We both focus on hedge funds. We have other attorneys in our private funds group whose primary focus is on private...
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