Introduction. Why This Book?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations and Wall Street Terms xi
5. Introduction. Why This Book? 1
6. Part I: The Arbs’ Perspectives
7. Chapter One. Guy Wyser-Pratte 19
8. Chapter Two. Jeffrey Tarr 37
9. Chapter Three. Martin Gruss 49
10. Chapter Four. Paul Singer 58
11. Chapter Five. Michael Price 74
12. Chapter Six. Peter Schoenfeld 89
13. Chapter Seven. John Paulson 99
14. Chapter Eight. Paul Gould 109
15. Chapter Nine. George Kellner 116
16. Chapter Ten. Roy Behren and Michael Shannon 127
17. Chapter Eleven. Karen Finerman 141
18. Chapter Twelve. John Bader 152
19. Chapter Thirteen. Clint Carlson 164
20. Chapter Fourteen. James Dinan 178
21. Chapter Fifteen. Drew Figdor 190
22. Chapter Sixteen. Jamie Zimmerman 202
23. Part II: The View from the Other Side—The CEOs
24. Chapter Eighteen. William Stiritz 231
25. Chapter Nineteen. Paul Montrone 253
26. Chapter Twenty. Peter McCausland 272
27. Appendix One: Risk Arbitrage Decision Tree 297
28. Appendix Two: Deals 301
29. Appendix Three: A Note On Methods 369
30. Index 373