roundtable programs
roundtable programs
Deal Day
Deal Day in New York
Spring 2007
1 Timothy L. Barefield, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.; George J. Mazin, Dechert LLP; Gerald Rosenfeld, Rothschild North America; Michael L. Wachter, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Edward B. Rock, University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Deal Day taps the expertise of our board and sponsors to examine in depth current opportunities and challenges. By looking at the details of complex transactions, we examine cutting edge issues at the intersection of law, finance, governance and operations. The goal of these programs is to allow the participants to understand the “guts of the deal” as a way of understanding the issues at the cutting edge of deal making. In May 2007, Brian Gavin, head of Blackstone’s hedge fund monitoring group, presented Blackstone’s approach to evaluating hedge funds in its $20 billion fund of hedge funds. In previous years, we’ve held Deal Days in New York, London and Tel Aviv that have examined international and domestic private equity transactions, the role of the investment banker for a special committee in a management buyout, as well as the role of a specialty corporate court.
DEAL DAY in New York 4 May 2007 The Penn Club of New York Moderators Edward B. Rock Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law Michael L. Wachter William B. Johnson Professor of Law and Economics University of Pennsylvania Law School
2 Eric L. Talley, School of Law Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 3 Brian Gavin, The Blackstone Group L.P.
4 Timothy L. Barefield, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.; George J. Mazin, Dechert LLP; Gerald Rosenfeld, Rothschild North America. 5 George J. Mazin, Dechert LLP; Gerald Rosenfeld, Rothschild North America; Michael L. Wachter, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Edward B. Rock, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Brian Gavin, The Blackstone Group L.P.
Monitoring Hedge Funds: Investor Due Diligence
Deal Day in New York
spring 2006 and spring 2005
1 Saul A. Fox, Fox Paine & Company.
1 Michael J. Biondi, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC; left, Joseph D. Gatto, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
DEAL DAY in ISRAEL 25 May 2006 Tel Aviv, Israel Co-Sponsored by Institute for Law and Economics Kiryat Ono College of Law Office of the Delaware Secretary of State Moderators Zohar Goshen Columbia Law School and Academic College, Kiryat Ono Edward B. Rock University of Pennsylvania Law School
The 2002 Acquisition of Paradigm Geophysical by Fox Paine Presentation by Saul A. Fox Fox Paine & Company, LLC (California) Mitchell S. Presser Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (New York) Eldad Weiss Paradigm Geophysical (Israel)
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Afternoon Session From Delaware to Israel The Role of a Specialized Business Court
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Deal Day in Israel
Morning Session What Are American Private Equity Firms Looking for in Israeli Companies?
Presentation by Brian Gavin Senior Managing Director The Blackstone Group L.P. Commentators Timothy L. Barefield Chief Operating Officer Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. George J. Mazin Dechert LLP Gerald Rosenfeld Chief Executive Officer Rothschild North America
Deal Day
Delaware-Style Moot Court Hon. Stephen P. Lamb Vice Chancellor Delaware Chancery Court David C. McBride Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor (Delaware) Donald J. Wolfe, Jr. Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP (Delaware) Panelists Hon. Aharon Barak President Supreme Court of Israel Hon. Myron T. Steele Chief Justice Supreme Court of Delaware Hon. Moshe Teri Chair Israel Securities Authority Theodore N. Mirvis Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (New York)
DEAL DAY in NEW YORK 23 May 2005 The Penn Club of New York Moderator Edward B. Rock Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law University of Pennsylvania Law School Morning Session Lazard’s Representation of the Special Committee in the Battle for Hollywood Entertainment (Movie Gallery/Blockbuster/Leonard Green Partners/Icahn) Presentation by Michael J. Biondi Co-Chairman of Investment Banking Lazard Frères & Co. LLC Commentators Joseph B. Frumkin Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Joseph D. Gatto Managing Director Goldman, Sachs & Co. Robert E. Spatt Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Afternoon Session The Creation of Advance PCS (through the Merger of Advance Paradigm and PCS) and its Subsequent Merger into Caremark, to Create the Largest PBM in America
2 Hon. Aharon Barak, President, Israel Supreme Court; and Hon. Myron T. Steele, Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court. 3 From left: Theodore H. Mirvis, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., Potter Anderson & Corroon; David C. McBride, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor; Zohar Goshen, Columbia Law School and Academic College, Kiryat Ono; Hon. Myron T. Steele, Delaware Supreme Court; Cynthia B. Kane, Delaware Department of State; Hon. Stephen P. Lamb, Delaware Chancery Court.
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2 Front, from left: Morton A. Pierce, Dewey Ballantine; Michael C. Bond, Avaya Inc.; Pamela F. Craven, Avaya Inc. Background: John S. Stroebel, Rohm and Haas Company; Simon M. Lorne, Millennium Management. 3 Paul S. Levy, JLL Partners; right, Alan Alpert, Deloitte Tax. 4 John E. Osborn, Cephalon, Inc.
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Presentation by Paul S. Levy Senior Managing Director JLL Partners Commentators Alan Alpert Managing Partner, M&A Transaction Services Deloitte Tax LLP Michael S. Knoll Professor of Law and Real Estate University of Pennsylvania Law School John E. Osborn Senior Vice President and General Counsel Cephalon, Inc
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