VIDEOS
December 2010
27 Dec 2010
From poison pills, Chinese takeaways and hostile takeovers to booming Brazil, cautious Canadians and burger-eating private equity, Westlaw Business breaks down global M&A in 2010 to make sense of this year’s trends, developments, trials and tribulations...
17 Dec 2010
Westlaw Business Currents Editor-In-Chief Ely Razin speaks to Reuters Insider about the U.S. government's legal claims against BP and its partners...
13 Dec 2010
A red-hot energy and infrastructure deal has just put a jolt of electricity into REIT structures and private equity alongside them, all with the blessing of the IRS. The new energy REIT marries...
9 Dec 2010
Credit markets are turning, and covenant-lite loans are back on the menu. Petco and Leslie’s Poolmart recently marketed covenant-lite loans, and several other covenant-lite transactions have...
8 Dec 2010
Dodd-Frank’s call for muni market transparency runs headlong into muni-market opacity and may lead to changes in both disclosures and transactions...
2 Dec 2010
Amidst Ireland’s ongoing crisis, certain IP-rich U.S. companies may be sweating out their earlier decisions to use an Ireland-centered corporate structure…
1 Dec 2010
With old rules, but new tools, once again the feds are leveraging high-profile cases to deter insider trading. Armed with added funding and recent caselaw, and backed up by both...
1 Dec 2010
To enable a $2 billion dividend to PE shareholders via a leveraged recapitalization, healthcare giant HCA undertook a massive corporate reorganization…with the SEC’s blessing…