On January 22, 2009, our partner James Walker presented ethics issues relating to M&A transactions, including clearing conflicts in M&A transactions, duties of a lawyer representing management in a management buy out to the company’s shareholders, ethical issues associated with the representation of a special committee in M&A transactions, and ethical issues faced by counsel representing a potential acquirer in negotiations with the target’s in house counsel. The program took place at the Practicing Law Institute, 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, N.Y. For more information, please click here.