Are family funds a threat to private equity funds? *

United Kingdom, USA - November 28 2012
For most of the past two decades, private equity funds have had only two types of competition: strategic investors and each other.

Co-authors: Eleanor West, Mark Davis.

The new kids on the M&A block *

USA - August 3 2012
In the past decade, family offices and single family investment vehicles have emerged as competitors to private equity (PE) funds in making direct investments in a wide range of industries.

District court narrowly defines misappropriation theory liability in SEC v. Cuban *

USA - August 6 2009
If the court’s decision is not overturned on appeal and is followed by other courts, a public company that wants to advise shareholders and others of non-public developments, or otherwise convey non-public information to persons who do not owe a fiduciary obligation to the company, will be advised to seek to obtain not just a confidentiality agreement from the third party, but also an agreement by the third party not to trade in the company's securities until the non-public information has been made public by the company, or to refrain from conveying the non-public information to such third parties.

Co-authors: Seth T. Goldsamt.