Gods at War (ePub)

Preface. Prologue. Chapter 1 The Modern Deal. The Import of Personality. The Evolution of the Takeover. The Takeover Revolution. Chapter 2 KKR, SunGard, and the Private Equity Phenomenon. KKR and the Origins of Private Equity. SunGard and the Transformation of Private Equity. Private Equity in the Sixth Wave. Chapter 3 Accredited Home Lenders and the Attack of the MAC. The Fall of Accredited Home Lenders. Material Adverse Change Clauses. The MAC Wars of Fall 2007. The MAC Clause in Flux. The Future of the MAC. Chapter 4 United Rentals, Cerberus, and the Private Equity Implosion. The Cerberus-United Rentals Dispute. The Implosion of Private Equity. Fault and the Failure of Private Equity. The Future of Private Equity. Chapter 5 Dubai Ports, Merrill Lynch, and the Sovereign Wealth Fund Problem. The Financial Wave of Sovereign Fund Investment. The Sovereign Wealth Fund Problem. CFIUS and Foreign Investment. Chapter 6 Bear Stearns and the Moral Hazard Principle. Saving Bear Stearns. JPMorgan's Dilemma. The Fight for Bear Stearns. Lessons from Bear's Fall. Chapter 7 Jana Partners, Children's Investment Fund, and Hedge Fund Activist Investing. A Brief Overview of the "Agency Problem". The Rise of Hedge Fund Activism. The 2008 Proxy Season. The Future of Hedge Fund Activism. Chapter 8 Microsoft, InBev, and the Return of the Hostile Takeover. Microsoft-Yahoo! InBev-Anheuser-Busch. The Elements of a Successful Hostile Takeover. Delaware and Hostile Takeovers. The Future of Hostile Takeovers. Chapter 9 Mars, Pfi zer, and the Changing Face of Strategic Deals. The Changing Structure of Strategic Transactions. The Phenomenon of the Distressed Deal. Do Takeovers Pay? Delaware Law and Strategic Transactions. The Future of Strategic Transactions. Chapter 10 AIG, Citigroup, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman, and Government by Deal. The Nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Week the Investment Bank Died. TARP, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Beyond? Assessing Government by

STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF is a nationally known authority on takeovers and corporate law. He writes as "The Deal Professor" for the New York Times's "DealBook." Davidoff also writes in trade journals, such as the Deal, lectures, has testified before the United States Senate, and is frequently quoted in the national media on issues related to our capital markets. He is a professor of law at the University of Connecticut School of Law and a graduate of the Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Davidoff practiced for almost a decade as a corporate attorney, primarily at Shearman & Sterling in their New York and London offices. Davidoff also has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS in finance from the London Business School.

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