Paul Bird is Head of the firm’s European Corporate Practice and a senior M&A partner. His practice focuses on advising private equity firms, ...
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Publications
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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
, Jennifer L. Chu
, 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
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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
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Matthew Dickman
, Christopher Dortschy
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Peter A. Furci
, Avi Gesser
, Jyotin Hamid
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Meir D. Katz
, 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
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Private Equity Report Spring 2021, Vol 21, No 1
May 2021
Christopher Anthony
, Paul S. Bird
, E. Raman Bet-Mansour
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Jennifer L. Chu
, 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
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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
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Paul D. Rubin
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Kim T. Le
, Jyotin Hamid
, Meir D. Katz
, 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
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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
, Jennifer L. Chu
, 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
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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
, Jennifer L. Chu
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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
, Jennifer L. Chu
, 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
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The Private Equity Report Spring 2020
Vol 20, No. 1
1 May 2020
Paul S. Bird
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Rafael Kariyev
, Scott B. Selinger
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Medium: Debevoise Authors Fourth Edition of Wolters Kluwer’s “Takeovers: A Strategic Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions”
9 September 2019
Medium
Paul S. Bird
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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
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Key Issues In U.S. Going Private Transactions
1 April 2016
The M&A Lawyer
Andrew L. Bab
, Paul S. Bird
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Running on a Dual Track
24 February 2011
The Daily Deal and The Deal
Paul S. Bird
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
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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
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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
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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
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Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Validity of NOL Rights Plan
5 October 2010
Paul S. Bird
, Andrew L. Bab
, William D. Regner
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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
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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
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SEC Releases Section 13 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations
16 September 2009
William D. Regner
, Jeffrey J. Rosen
, Alan H. Paley
, Paul S. Bird
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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
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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
, Michael Diz
, E. Drew Dutton
, Peter Hockless
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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
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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
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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
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The Private Equity Report
Fall 2000
Franci J. Blassberg
, James A. Kiernan III
, Michael P. Harrell
, Paul S. Bird
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Recent Events
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Bonjour Paris: Ciao Milano
28 September 2023
International Bar Association
IBA Private Equity Transactions Symposium 2023
London, UK
Speaking Engagements
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Getting Deals Done in the Current Antitrust Environment
13 September 2021
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Webcast
Speaking Engagements
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General Counsel Panel
8 October 2020
International Bar Association
IBA Private Equity Transactions Virtual Symposium
Webinar
Speaking Engagements
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New Tests for Private Equity
4 December 2019
Sahar Global Summits
The 3rd Annual Private Equity and Secondaries Investor Summit
New York, New York
Speaking Engagements
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Private Equity Finance
21 November 2019
International Bar Association
IBA Private Equity Transactions Symposium
London, UK
Speaking Engagements
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Partner Paul Bird moderated the “Private Equity Today” panel at IBA’s 18th Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
5 June 2019
International Bar Association
New York, New York
Speaking Engagements
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Private Equity Today
5 June 2018
International Bar Association
17th Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
New York, New York
Speaking Engagements
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State of the Market: The Challenges of Midmarket Transactions
16 November 2017
International Bar Association -- Private Equity Subcommittee of the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
IBA Private Equity Transactions Symposium 2017
London, UK
Speaking Engagements
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The Current M&A Issues
7-8 June 2016
International Bar Association
15th Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
New York, New York
Speaking Engagements
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Deal Structuring and Execution
12 November 2015
International Bar Association
IBA PE Symposium
London, UK
Speaking Engagements
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