ABA Section of Business Law
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The New Rules of Private Equity Investments & Acquisitions in U.S. Financial Institutions.
- Unlike prior M&A binges, the 2007 acquisition market is marked not by companies buying companies, but by private equity and hedge fund acquisitions of companies. This trend is increasingly bumping up against federal and potentially state banking laws as acquisitions are attempted of companies that directly or indirectly control or want to control regulated financial institutions.
