Mergers & Acquisitions

Board of Directors

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors Strategic Planning Challenges: For the fourth year in a row, strategic planning tops the list. Overseeing the company’s direction is a core board responsibility, often requiring directors to step back and look at the company’s business from the...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Robert A. Profusek, John Kao, Sophie Hagège | Jones Day

Sitting in a well-appointed New York conference room, an M&A lawyer might easily believe that globalization has not changed his or her job that much. Wherever they flew in from, the principals all wear suits (unless they're from Silicon Valley), speak English and negotiate documents that...

International Trade

Hilda C. Galvan | Jones Day

Editor: Please tell our readers about Jones Day’s recent Dallas conference on “Getting the Deal Done When Governments Stand in the Way: The New Deal-Making Paradigm.” Galvan: In the current economy, companies large and small are doing business all over the world. Since a...