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Sep. 10, 2013

Dealmakers lean on insurance policies to help seal deals

Insurance policies are growing more popular as mergers and acquisitions lawyers search for ways to overcome barriers to making deals.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Over the past 15 years, insurance brokers have had a tough time trying to convince mergers and acquisitions attorneys that buying a particular type of deal insurance was worth the trouble. It's not difficult to see why: in the midst of transactional negotiations - where both time and money are usually at a premium - the relatively niche, largely unproven indemnity policies known as representation and wa...

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