Deal Lawyers Discusses Fairness Opinions with Chad Rucker
How to Avoid Provider Conflicts
The January-February Issue of the Deal Lawyers newsletter includes an article written by Chad Rucker, managing director of VRC’s New York office. In the article, Rucker examines the conflicts that exist in typical M&A assignments where a board of directors may hire an investment bank to provide advisory services.
“Often, that investment bank will also provide the board with a fairness opinion for a fixed fee,” says Rucker, “Many potential conflicts exist in such an arrangement.”
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