Kenneth W. Dolbeare, Esq., and W. Nelson Edmunds, Esq., were the key editors
at The Takeover Stock Report for a combined seven years before launching
their own competitive report in October of 2003, Stewart Henry Research.
Building on its success, Stewart Henry acquired The Takeover Stock Report
(and its database of deals going back to 1996) in December of 2005. Dolbeare and
Edmunds have been proud to offer the "new and improved" TSR to the professional
investment community for the past seven years. They are confident their experience,
expertise, and time-tested partnership will make it an invaluable addition to your
research toolbox.
Dolbeare co-founded Stewart Henry Research in 2003, prior to which he had
been a principal editor at The Takeover Stock Report since 1999. Before
that, he was in-house counsel for First Virginia Banks, since acquired by
BB&T. He is a graduate of the George Mason University School of Law where he
concentrated in Corporate and Securities Law. During law school, Dolbeare
served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bruce Levine at the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission.
He also had the privilege of studying antitrust law under then-Professor
William Kovacic, former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
In 2003, he was elected to the Board of Governors of the
Antitrust, Franchise, and Trade Regulation Section of the Virginia State
Bar. Before attending law school, he was a bank examiner with the Federal
Reserve for six years. He earned his Bachelor's degree in finance with a
minor in economics from James Madison University. Dolbeare co-founded
The Takeover Stock Report-Europe.
Edmunds co-founded Stewart Henry Research in 2003, prior to which he had
been a principal editor at The Takeover Stock Report since 2000. Before
that, he was an associate at the Richmond, Virginia office of Williams
Mullen. He represented corporate clients in the Energy & Environmental and
the Governmental Affairs sections of the firm, and is a member of the
Business Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. Before entering the private
sector, he was a Committee staffer for the US House Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct, and also worked for Congressman Benjamin Cardin of
Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University
of Baltimore School of Law where he served as Executive Editor of the Law
Review.
Rozita Goncare joined the European Edition of The Takeover Stock Report in October 2007. Ms. Goncare qualified as a Lawyer in 2002 from Vilnius University, Lithuania. She holds two Postgraduate Diplomas, one earned in 2003 in German and European Law from Goethe's University, Frankfurt Germany, and one earned in 2004 in Modern Russian Law from St. Petersburg's State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. In addition, she earned her LLM in 2007 in International Trade & Commercial Law from Durham University, United Kingdom. Studying subjects such as EC Business Law and Corporate Governance gave her a solid understanding of EC and UK corporate and competition law. Presently, she is pursuing a Graduate Diploma in UK Law at The College of Law, London, in order to qualify as a solicitor in the UK.
Ms. Goncare started to work as a Legal Assistant in 2002 in Lithuanian's largest bank, Hansabankas, and was promoted to the central legal department of Vereins-und Westbank (now HypoVereinsbank), Hamburg, Germany. Before moving to the UK, she worked for several years as an Associate Solicitor for a large Lithuanian food producer, Naujoji Ruta. The company was a part of the biggest Concern of companies in the Baltic regions, giving Ms. Goncare unique insight and experience in working on various issues related to corporate, EC, and mergers & acquisitions law. Fluency in Lithuanian, Russian, German, Polish, and of course English, as well as an understanding of the business practices and market tendencies in the newest Eastern European members of the EU, make her a valuable asset to the European Report.