LAW-2051 Mergers and Acquisitions
This course uses acquisition transactions, and primarily mergers, as a vehicle for exploring the intersection between entity law, contracts and business planning in completing transactions. It incorporates a variety of distinct legal disciplines – corporate law, contracts, and securities law – to understand how together these and other sources of law affect how deals are shaped. The relevant legal constraints are examined within the context of acquisition transactions. As a result, the course will give significant attention to the deal dynamics of acquisition transactions, including the motivation of the parties and the underlying interaction between, and bargaining strategies of, buyers and sellers. Completion of Corporations is a prerequisite (i.e. Business Entity Fundamentals may not be taken concurrently). Completion of Securities Regulation could be useful, but is not required. Faculty Comments: This course is an advanced corporate law course that attempts to develop students’ understanding of legal analysis within the context of business transactions. The teaching style is primarily lecture-based with class participation. Students, however, will have some practical exercises during the semester. Grading will be based on a mid-term and final exam.
Prerequisite
Student has completed all of the following course(s) LAW 2136 - Bus Entity Fundamentals