Mergers and Acquisitions

3 units

Prerequisite: Corporations. This course provides an overview of important legal, financial, transactional, and regulatory issues related to changes in corporate control. Topics covered in this course include the corporate and securities law relevant to mergers and acquisitions, with a special focus on fiduciary duties; forms of private ordering such as poison pills, lockups, earnouts, and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement; and regulatory issues such as merger control. To facilitate discussion, laptops are prohibited. 3 Credits.