Business Planning and Transaction Practice

2 units

Enrollment limit: 20. Pre/Co-requisite: Corporations. This 2 unit course will offer students an introduction to the structure and negotiation of business mergers and acquisitions. Students who are considering entering into private practice with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions as well as students who are considering practicing in areas of law that are often implicated in merger and acquisitions deals (e.g., real estate, environmental, employee benefits, labor, tax, etc.) should consider taking this course. The course will follow the trajectory of a typical business acquisition transaction, beginning with a letter of intent, confidentiality agreement and due diligence, and progressing to the negotiation and drafting of a definitive purchase agreement. Students will be graded based on weekly written assignments and class participation. Because class participation is such a large component of the course, attendance is extremely important. Written assignments will be graded anonymously; the class participation component will not be graded anonymously. 2 units.