The Tenth Volume
It's been over ten years since we launched The M&A Journal. In our first year of publication, we looked back on 1997, the first trillion-dollar year in M&A. Some of the busiest of our experts were those at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. From then on, we've looked at big deals, big booms and big busts, and extracted the mistakes and the successes, and the causes and effects of each.  

The MAC
For the ninth consecutive year, Nixon Peabody examines how the material adverse change clause has evolved over the past twelve months of adverse change. The firm's lawyers who conducted the survey include Phillip B. Taub (Department Head, Business and Finance Department); James L. Kelly (Team Leader of Leveraged Buyouts); Roger E. Berg (Partner, Private Equity Group); and David A. Martland (Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group Leader).

What the Tough Do
Due Diligence, is what they do. Sullivan & Cromwell partner Frank Aquila outlines some best practices for the investigation that must precede every deal.