DealLawyers.com Blog

May 21, 2008

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Activism

In this podcast, Ron Orol, Senior Writer for The Daily Deal, The Deal and TheDeal.com and author of “Extreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers Are Taking on the World,”discusses sovereign wealth funds, including:

– What is a “sovereign wealth fund”?
– How are they working with activist investors, particularly in a post-Dubai Ports World politically charged environment?
– What about sovereign wealth fund as activists themselves?
– What are regulators in Washington doing regarding sovereign wealth funds?

May-June Issue: Deal Lawyers Print Newsletter

This May-June issue includes articles on:

– M&A Targets Today: Seeking Deal Certainty in an Uncertain Environment
– How to Negotiate an M&A Engagement Letter with Your Investment Banker
– Structuring Portfolio Companies: Director Independence
– Ten Practice Tips for Negotiating the Letter of Intent
– How to Do a Deal Without Shareholder Approval: The “Financial Viability Exception”
– A Moment of Clarity: How to Avoid Ambiguities in Your Advance Notice Bylaws

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