Capital Strategies and M&A Forum Conference

Join Fox's Laura Terry Howard, Harvey M. Katz and Bill Mandel to discuss capital and M&A strategies and opportunities that firms can utilize in today’s market. This program will provide a current assessment of the M&A markets and capital formation strategies and will help firm leaders evaluate and execute successful programs, such as M&A financing, private equity, leadership and ownership transitions and ESOPs.

Managing Tricky Deal Terms and Documents

This panel of seasoned attorneys who have represented a number of AEC buyers and sellers in Mergers & Acquisitions and leaders of firms who have been through the M&A wars will discuss the state of earn-outs, non-competes, indemnification obligations and other potentially sticky topics that could upset an otherwise desirable deal, and how best to overcome them.

• Moderator: Laura Howard
• Panelist: Harvey Katz

Lessons Learned from M&A Activity Gone Wrong

While we often talk about how to best steer a course through a merger and acquisition, it is also valuable to talk about and learn from those mergers and acquisitions that haven’t gone so well. This panel will review real-life examples and discuss lessons learned that can help other firms avoid these same pitfalls.

• Panelist: Bill Mandel