Oasis Never Part of Pabst Deal

Dear Client:In cheekily titled piece, "Hey Guys, the Russians Aren't Buying Pabst After All," The New York Times Dealbook explores the recent development that Oasis Beverage had nothing to do with the Pabst sale to entrepreneur Eugene Kashper and TSG Consumer Partners, despite a September press release naming Oasis as part of the deal. What happened, according to "people briefed on the matter," is that Russian-born, Columbia University-educated Eugene Kashper, a U.S. citizen, was chairman of Oasis Beverages when he