Amazon.com description: Product Description: Mergers and Acquisitions Law 2012 discusses the key upcoming trends in M&A law for 2012, highlighting the major milestones over the past year and providing overall thought leadership for the year ahead. Featuring partners from some of the nation's leading law firms, these experts discuss recent changes in laws, decisions, and policies that have affected the practice of mergers and acquisitions law, as well as recent case decisions that will impact the future scope of this ever-changing area of law. These authors identify the major hurdles their clients will face in 2012 and the most significant changes they are looking to employ in their strategy over the upcoming year.

Chapters Include:

1. Philip Taub, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP - "M&A Deals in Today's Uncertain Economic Environment"
2. Brian Hoffmann, Partner and Co-Head, Corporate, Americas, Clifford Chance US LLP - "M&A 2011: Market Trends and Legal Developments"
3. Douglas J. Leary, Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP - "The M&A Landscape in 2012: The Perfect Storm?"
4. Thomas J. McCaffrey and James L. Rice III, Partners, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Arthur M. Nathan and Chris Wolfe, Partners, Haynes and Boone LLP - "Facilitating M&A Deals in a Volatile Environment"
5. Michael S. Dorf, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP - "Innovation and Reaction as Drivers of Trends in M&A"
6. Jacob A. Heth, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - "An Overview of Noteworthy Trends and Strategies in Today's M&A World"
7. Robert C. Knuepfer Jr., Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP - "Getting Creative When M&A Activity is Down"