Putting together a deal team to pursue an acquisition opportunity is an area where the corporate development process is advancing and sophisticated practitioners are seeing improvements in M&A performance.

The question, "Who should we pull into project X?" has traditionally been quickly answered at the onset with limited consideration given to the diversity of the team’s perspective and expertise. 

Often the deal teams expand from the initial stages based on the availability of professionals, with little regard for...

Companies facing volatility may need to evaluate their existing corporate structural defenses and consider whether to prepare or adopt a stockholder rights plan, or “poison pill”, according to the authors of this timely paper.

To improve the prospects of a positive market and judicial review, defensive measures will likely need to be considered within their jurisdiction’s fiduciary framework and...