How Alcatel-Lucent and Daimler Chrysler mergers compare

May 31 2006

Kevin Rowe of Alston & Bird compares the Alcatel-Lucent merger with the DaimlerChrysler merger of 1998 and assesses how their structuring ensured tax-free status for each merger of "equals"

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