Name: John Coates
Institution:
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 2013) 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.
Institution:
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 2013) 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 |
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Vivendi, S.A., and its counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges | Expert | Customs and practices regarding M&A transactions and related agreements | 2007-2012 | |
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 his counsel, Howarth & Smith | Expert | Customs and practices of lawyers regarding negotiation and drafting of separation and severance agreements, including provisions relating to successors and changes of control | 2009-2012 | |
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 | 2009-2012 | |
Large commercial bank [confidential] | Expert | Review and assessment of proposed modifications to collective investment vehicles to address liquidity issues | 2010-2011 | |
Large public corporation (pharmaceutical company) and its counsel [confidential] | 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 | 2011-2013 | |
Counsel to large public corporation (media company) [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices regarding internal investigations | 2011-2011 | |
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 | |
MBIA and its counsel Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | Expert | Customs and practices in M&A transactions relating to assumption or transfer of liability within corporate group | 2011-2013 | |
Individual and his counsel [confidential] | Expert | M&A customs and practices and indicia and correlates of insider trading | 2011-Ongoing | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and its counsel, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | Expert | M&A customs and practices | 2011-Ongoing | |
Large company (mining company) and its counsel [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices in M&A and financing contracts | 2012-2012 | |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | Other | Continuing legal education regarding conflicts of interest in M&A settings | 2012-2012 | |
Large public corporation (pharmaceutical industry) and its counsel [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices regarding preparation and review of SEC disclosure documents | 2012-Ongoing | |
Federal agency A [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices in M&A transactions relating to assumption or transfer of liability within corporate group | 2012-Ongoing | |
Epicor Software Corp. and its counsel, Wilson Sonsini and Kirkland & Ellis | Expert | M&A customs and practices | 2012-Ongoing | |
American International Group, Inc. and its counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Expert | Regulation of financial institutions, Federal Reserve lending and supervisory authority | 2012-Ongoing | |
Mayer Brown and its counsel, Williams & Connolly LLP | Expert | Customs and practices for law firms working as counsel to financial institution | 2007-Ongoing | |
Federal agency B [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices in M&A transactions relating to assumption or transfer of liability within corporate group | 2012-Ongoing | |
Private equity fund owned telecommunications company and its counsel [confidential] | Expert | M&A customs and practices | 2012-Ongoing | |
American International Group, Inc. and its counsel, Reilly Pozner LLP | Expert | Customs and practices in M&A transactions relating to assumption or transfer of liability within corporate group, fraudulent conveyance law, fiduciary duties, and related corporate governance customs | 2012-Ongoing | |
Shareholders of public corporation (internet industry) and their counsel [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices regarding corporate governance, M&A, and disclosures of public companies | 2013-Ongoing | |
Corporate law firm | Expert | Customs and practices for law firms working as M&A counsel to publicly traded public utility | 2013-2013 | |
Shareholders of Sprint / Nextel Corp. and their counsel, Grant & Eisenhofer and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP | Expert | M&A customs and practices | 2013-2013 | |
Federally chartered bank and its counsel [confidential] | Expert | Customs and practices in M&A transactions relating to assumption or transfer of liability within corporate group | 2013-Ongoing |