LAW-2051 Mergers and Acquisitions
This course uses acquisition transactions, including mergers, as a vehicle for exploring the intersection between legal constraints 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 business 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. Corporations may not be taken concurrently). Completion or concurrent enrollment in Securities Regulation might be helpful but is not required.
Prerequisite
LAW-2136 (Required) and LAW-2350 (Recommended)