Rick Alexander Moderates at Practising Law Institute: Going Private 2010: Doing the Deal Right – The Special Committee: Not just Window Dressing

March 2010

Wilmington, DE (March 1, 2010) – Morris Nichols corporate law and M&A partner Rick Alexander moderated the session entitled The Special Committee:  Not Just Window Dressing at the Practising Law Institute (PLI) Going Private 2010:  Doing the Deal Right seminar, on February 25, 2010, in New York City.  Close to 100 attended the daylong seminar that was also simulcast live on-line.

Rick’s panel discussed:

• When is a special committee required?
• Which directors should be included or excluded?
• What legal protections are afforded by the establishment of a special committee?
• What procedures should a special committee follow to be effective?

Joining Rick on the panel were Ethan A. Klingsberg, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and David A. Lipkin, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. 

PLI is one of the oldest, most respected non-profit continuing legal education organizations in the country.  It draws its faculty from among the country’s most distinguished practitioners to provide practical, up-to-date information for inside and outside corporate counsel, directors, officers, investment bankers and other advisers in dealing with specific corporate control issues relating to mergers and acquisitions.