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"The Convergence of Hedge Funds and Its Impact on M&A"

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

4:00 – 5:00 pm, eastern [archive and transcript]

Hedge funds are now everywhere! And hedge funds aren’t quite what they used to be. There has been quite a buzz as hedge funds increasingly enter into unfamiliar territory and behave more and more like private equity funds. This has profound ramifications for the way deals are structured and valued – as well as the way deals are done. Learn from leading outside counsel how these deal practices are evolving and how they differ from other public and private deals.

Join these experts:

Joseph Johnson III, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Laura Hodges Taylor, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Dan Burch, CEO, MacKenzie Partners
Jennifer Spiegel, Special Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

This program will cover:

What are the valuation, liquidity and accounting issues caused by hedge fund convergence?
What type of edge do hedge funds have over other types of acquirors?
What do hedge funds look for in a potential target? How should targets react when a hedge fund approaches?
What fundamentals of the M&A process are different when a hedge fund is the acquiror? How do negotiations differ?

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