Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Activism
The following post was originally included as part of our recently published memorandum “Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2023”.
In the United States, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was passed in August.
The IRA will be of relevance to many U.S. taxpayers, with three particular areas of focus for…
On December 2, 2017, the U.S. Senate passed the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. Two weeks earlier, on November 16, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the bill. The Senate and House bills, while broadly similar, also have many important differences.
The Senate and the House will need to agree on one…
On November 2, 2017, the much anticipated Tax Cuts & Jobs Act was introduced in the U.S. Congress. The bill has been amended twice, on November 3 and November 6.
This memorandum sets forth a few key observations about the proposed bill, as amended, that may be relevant to M&A transactions. It must be emphasized,…
The Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s ruling that Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (“ETE”) did not breach its agreement to merge with The Williams Companies, Inc. when ETE terminated the agreement on the grounds that its counsel was unwilling to deliver a tax opinion that was a condition to closing.
While…
