Harvard Law
School – Faculty Disclosures re: Related Outside Interests and Activities
Name: John Coates
Institution: HLS
Title (HLS): Tenured Professor
The
faculty member above engages from time to time in outside activities, some of
which are compensated, some of which are ongoing, and also has outside
financial interests that may relate to his/her scholarly activities. The disclosures
below are intended to provide interested parties information about potential
conflicts of interest from 2011 through the date of this report (June 2012)
that might exist between the faculty member's scholarly and teaching
activities, on the one hand, and his/her outside activities, on the other hand.
Client/Interest |
Role/Interest |
Matter |
Issue |
Dates |
Doffermyre, Shields, counsel to William
Perkins, Bankruptcy Trustee for IMA |
Expert |
Customs and practices regarding
standard of care used by attorneys for investment advisers in connection with
review of internal controls and compliance programs, preparation of offering
memoranda, and communications with regulatory officials |
2008-2011 |
|
Ventas and its counsel, Jenner &
Block |
Expert |
Customs and practices regarding
deal protection, topping bids, communications with shareholders regarding topping
bids, and standstill agreements |
2009-2011 |
|
J. P. Hyan
(individual) and its counsel, Howarth & Smith |
Expert |
Customs and practices regarding
negotiation and drafting of separation and severance agreements, including
provisions relating to successors and changes of control |
2009-Ongoing |
|
Large commercial bank |
Consultant |
Review and assessment of proposed
modifications to collective investment vehicles to address liquidity issues |
2010-2011 |
|
BCE and its counsel, Norton Rose |
Expert |
Customs regarding leveraged
buyouts, contents of agreements relating to such transactions, including
reverse break fees and solvency requirements |
2009-Ongoing |
|
Large public corporation
(pharmaceutical company) and its counsel |
Expert |
Review and assessment of
procedures for retention and operation of law firms working for company |
2010-2011 |
|
Johnson and Johnson and its
counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP |
Expert |
Customs and practices regarding
deal protection and antitrust divestitures in M&A transactions, and the
economics of bidding and co-bidding |
2010-Ongoing |
|
General Electric |
Other |
Executive education regarding
ethics and compliance |
2011-2011 |
|
Counsel to large public
corporation (media company) |
Expert |
Customs and practices regarding
internal investigations |
2011-2011 |
|
Large public corporation
(financial services company) and its counsel |
Expert |
Customs and practices in M&A
transactions relating to assumption or transfer of liability within corporate
group |
2011-Ongoing |
|
Large company (mining company) and
its counsel |
Expert |
Customs and practices in M&A
and financing contracts |
2012-Ongoing |
|
Kanas, John A., and Bohlsen,
John (individuals) and their counsel, Boies,
Schiller & Flexner LLP |
Expert |
Corporate governance and banking
law & regulations and customs and practices of banking operations and
M&A transactions |
2011-2012 |
|
Individual and his counsel |
Expert |
M&A customs |
2011-Ongoing |
|
Large financial institution and
its counsel |
Expert |
M&A customs |
2011-Ongoing |
|
Vivendi and its counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore and
Weil Gotshal & Manges |
Expert |
M&A customs |
2007-2012 |
|
Corporate law firm and its counsel
|
Expert |
Customs and practices for law
firms working as counsel to financial institution |
2007-Ongoing |