Publications

• Delaware Enacts Sweeping Changes to Treatment of Conflicted Transactions
  28 March 2025
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Morgan A. Davis
  ,
  Susan Reagan Gittes
  ,
  Gordon Moodie
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Zachary H. Saltzman
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Erik J. Andrén
  ,
  David J. Hotelling
• Private Equity Report: 2024 Outlook
  February 2024
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Charu A. Chandrasekhar
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Nia I. Goodman
  ,
  David Grosgold
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Erez Liebermann
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Brett M. Novick
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
  ,
  Natalie L. Reid
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Aly Love (f/k/a Simons)
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kristin A. Snyder
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Kyra K. Bromley
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Melissa Runsten
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Elie J. Worenklein
  ,
  Adam Aukland-Peck
  ,
  Josephine Chen
  ,
  Perpétua B. Chéry
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Isabelle Glimcher
  ,
  Yiran Ji
  ,
  Maryam Kanna
  ,
  Leah Martin
  ,
  Sophie Michalski
  ,
  Diana Moise
  ,
  David J. Swiedler
  ,
  Perri M. Weinstein
  ,
  Nathan R. Hogan
• 2021 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
  22 July 2021
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  ,
  David H. Bernstein
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Matthew Dickman
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Zachary H. Saltzman
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Jacob W. Stahl
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Adam Aukland-Peck
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Charles Cartiglia
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  David J. Hotelling
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
  ,
  Robert Maddox
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Malina Welman
• Private Equity Report Spring 2021, Vol 21, No 1
  May 2021
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  E. Raman Bet-Mansour
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  David Grosgold
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Uri Herzberg
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Marilyn A. Lion
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Matthew Dickman
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Andrew G. Jamieson
  ,
  Dr. Clare Swirski
  ,
  Adrian St. Francis
  ,
  Spencer K. Gilbert
  ,
  Matthew B. Parelman
  ,
  Brett M. Novick
• 2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
  7 January 2021
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Jacob W. Stahl
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Jim Pastore
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  David H. Bernstein
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Malina Welman
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
• Private Equity Report Fall 2020, Vol 20, No 3
  December 2020
  Gavin Anderson
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Erin Cleary
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Rebecca F. Silberstein
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Marisa Demko
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
  ,
  Shawn Xiao Yang
• The Private Equity Report at 20: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going
  December 2020
  Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Rebecca F. Silberstein
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
• 2020 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
  31 July 2020
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  David H. Bernstein
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Nicole Levin Mesard
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Edward M. Rishty
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Almas Daud
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
• The Private Equity Report Spring 2020
  Vol 20, No. 1
  1 May 2020
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
• Medium: Debevoise Authors Fourth Edition of Wolters Kluwer’s “Takeovers: A Strategic Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions”
  9 September 2019
  Medium
  Paul S. Bird
• 2018 Private Equity Review and Outlook
  21 December 2017
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
• Key Issues In U.S. Going Private Transactions
  1 April 2016
  The M&A Lawyer
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
• Running on a Dual Track
  24 February 2011
  The Daily Deal and The Deal
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
• Delaware Court of Chancery Upholds Airgas Poison Pill, Ending Takeover Battle
  17 February 2011
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2010
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Kyra K. Bromley
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Mark P. Goodman
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
• Delaware Court of Chancery Upholds Airgas Bylaw Shortening Period Between Annual Meetings
  11 October 2010
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
• Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Validity of NOL Rights Plan
  5 October 2010
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Court of Chancery Articulates New Standard for Going Private Tender Offer: In re CNX Gas Corp.
  28 May 2010
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Poison Pill Update: Delaware Chancery Court Upholds NOL Rights Plan with 4.99% Trigger
  2 March 2010
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  William D. Regner
• SEC Releases Section 13 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations
  16 September 2009
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Alan H. Paley
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2008
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Paul R. Berger
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2007
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Peter Hockless
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2003
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  David F. Hickok
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  James A. Kiernan III
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2002
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  David J. Schwartz
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Rebecca F. Silberstein
  ,
  Harry Zirlin
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2001
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  David F. Hickok
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr.
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Andrew N. Berg
  ,
  Margaret Andrews Davenport
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2000
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  James A. Kiernan III
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Paul S. Bird