'Deals Professor' and Alumnus Steven Davidoff to Speak on Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Litigation
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:05 PM EST
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JG Annex
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Professor Davidoff writes a regular column for The New York Times "DealBook" site as The Deal Professor, which primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions. Professor Davidoff's research focus is on financial regulation, hedge funds and private equity, mergers & acquisitions, deals and deal theory, and the drafting of complex contracts. Professor Davidoff's book Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal and the Private Equity Implosion, an exploration of modern-day deals and deal-making, was released on October 5, 2009. Professor 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 and mergers and acquisitions. He has served as an expert witness in a number of major public-company deals such as Petco Animal Supplies Inc.'s leveraged buy-out by Leonard Green & Partners LP and Texas Pacific Group and the purchase of Intermix Media Inc., the owner of the Myspace website, by News Corp. Prior to entering academia, Professor Davidoff practiced as an attorney for about 10 years with Shearman & Sterling in its New York and London offices and with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in its London office. There he represented European and U.S. clients in acquisitions and sales of public and private companies, joint ventures, and private equity and venture capital investments. Many of these transactions included a substantial cross-border element. Contact: Elizabeth Broomfield, CBLA@law.columbia.edu
