Mergers and Acquisitions

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the issues that arise in merger and acquisition transactions. Students will study the legal framework within which merger and acquisition transactions and the negotiation and documentation of such transactions take place. Students will analyze the considerations involved in selecting various structural alternatives for merger and acquisition transactions, examine the dynamics of the merger and acquisition transactions negotiation process, investigate the various stages of merger and acquisition transactions and focus on the lawyer's role in adding value to such transactions. Students will also have the opportunity to study, evaluate, draft and/or negotiate various types of documents that are commonly encountered in merger and acquisition transactions (such as, confidentiality agreements, employee retention agreements, investment banker engagement letters, letters of intent and purchase and sale agreements.) There will be a take-home final examination. Students taking this class would benefit by having previously taken Business Organizations and Securities Regulation; these classes are not, however, required to take the course.