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www.americanlawyer.com
NOVEMBER 2007
THE
TRANSFORMERS
How Skadden and Simpson
helped financial giants
Fortress and Blackstone
morph into public
companies with tiny tax
bills and minimal scrutiny
from the feds and investors.
By Susan Beck
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