Mergers and Acquisitions Intensive

Catalog description

This one-week intensive course covers selected topics that are fundamental to mergers and acquisitions law and doctrine, as well as the financial and transactional issues that they present. Our principal focus will be on the principal drivers of M&A activity, the business rationales behind such transactions, the documentation and negotiation of deals, and key fiduciary duties in the M&A context. Tax, antitrust, securities, intellectual property, foreign investment law and other legal/regulatory practice issues will play supporting roles as well. This class is mandatory Pass/Fail. This determination will be based on 10-page research paper (75%) on a M&A relevant topic, as well as participation points (25%). Students must clear their paper topic with me in advance (and I will post a list of specimen topics for inspiration). Although I will permit the use of Artificial Intelligence (such as large language models) to assist you in the production of the paper, you must include a disclosure summarizing whether and how you utilized AI in the process. Participation points will be a function of regular attendance, quality of in-class participation. Registration for this course is in the Winter Quarter. The course meets during spring recess March 24 to 27 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm) and March 28 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm).