Global Private Equity Watch - Feed https://privateequity.weil.com/contributor/evert-christensen/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 Delaware Court Issues Two Post-Trial Appraisal Decisions https://privateequity.weil.com/insights/delaware-court-issues-two-post-trial-appraisal-decisions/ Tue, 30 May 2017 22:18:52 +0000 John A. Neuwirth Evert J. Christensen Thomas James https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2264 Late last week, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an important post-trial decision in In re Appraisal of PetSmart, Inc., an appraisal proceeding arising out of a private equity buyer’s acquisition of PetSmart, Inc., determining that the merger price equaled statutory fair value. In this alert, we discuss the Court’s decision and its ramifications on […]

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]]> Late last week, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an important post-trial decision in In re Appraisal of PetSmart, Inc., an appraisal proceeding arising out of a private equity buyer’s acquisition of PetSmart, Inc., determining that the merger price equaled statutory fair value. In this alert, we discuss the Court’s decision and its ramifications on […]

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]]> End of an Era: The Music Stops for “Disclosure-Only Settlements” in Delaware https://privateequity.weil.com/features/end-of-an-era-the-music-stops-for-disclosure-only-settlements-in-delaware/ Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:58:37 +0000 John A. Neuwirth Evert J. Christensen Thomas James https://peblog.wpengine.com/?p=1489 Over the past decade, public company directors and officers have come to accept that litigation is all but certain in M&A transactions. Often, with the risk and distraction of an injunction hanging over targets and acquirors, these lawsuits have resulted in so-called “disclosure-only settlements”—i.e., the plaintiff’s agreement to drop its challenge to the transaction in […]

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]]> Over the past decade, public company directors and officers have come to accept that litigation is all but certain in M&A transactions. Often, with the risk and distraction of an injunction hanging over targets and acquirors, these lawsuits have resulted in so-called “disclosure-only settlements”—i.e., the plaintiff’s agreement to drop its challenge to the transaction in […]

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