August 2010
20 Aug 2010
Miner BHP Billiton formally launched its $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, the world's largest fertilizer company...
20 Aug 2010
Earlier this week, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan announced it is being pursued by BHP Billiton. The $38.6 billion deal represents the potential loss of another major Canadian resource company...
13 Aug 2010
When BP announced last month that it intends to divest up to $30 billion of assets over the next 18 months, a naïve few may have assumed this was an opportunity to take advantage of the reeling giant…
6 Aug 2010
Tender offers can lead to firm terms on private equity deals, and have become an increasingly common deal structure...
6 Aug 2010
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Morrison v. National Australia Bank recently rendered an entire category of securities class actions, those known as “F-cubed”, extinct...