Rick Alexander Speaks at 29th Annual Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute - Developments in M&A

May 2009

Wilmington, DE – May 6, 2009 – Morris Nichols corporate law and M&A partner Rick Alexander spoke on the panel Developments in M&A at the 29th Annual Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute at the Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 30 – May 1, 2009. 

Rick was joined by session chair Keith Crow of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and fellow panelists James Cole, Jr. of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Robert Wall of Winston & Strawn LLP.  Developments in M&A examined MAC provisions – lessons learned, counterparty risk (including financing sources), exclusivity agreements and hostile activity and takeover defenses.  Over 375 firm and in-house attorneys attended this year’s Institute.

The Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute is the pre-eminent securities law conference in the Midwest. It is the only Midwest conference that brings together senior officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and leading securities practitioners.  Morris Nichols’ Corporate and Business Litigation and Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group partner A. Gilchrist Sparks, III serves on the Institute’s Executive Committee.