Public Company M&A Environment: Are You Prepared for Potential Hostility? How Do You Respond?
March 22, 2007
Foley Partners Patrick Quick and John Wilson, both members of the Transactional & Securities Practice, and Matt Parr, Managing Director of Mergers & Acquisitions for UBS, presented on the M&A environment for public companies on March 22, 2007. This presentation is a part of Fusion, the quarterly Web seminars focused on providing clear-cut answers to the most challenging M&A questions.
Topics included:
- What companies need to know about current trends: increased hostile M&A activity, reduced takeover defenses and increased shareholder activism
- How companies can prepare for and respond to unsolicited offers, hedge fund attacks and proxy contests
- How to advise the Board of Directors with respect to defensive measures, responses to offers and threats, and a potential sale of the company
Learn more about other events planned in this series by going to Foley.com/Fusion.
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