Mergers and Acquisitions LAW 724

Course Number: LAW 724

Course Credits: 2 or 3

This course will examine corporate merger and acquisition transactions, focusing in particular on the acquisition of private companies through negotiated transactions. The course will explore common issues, concepts and practices involved in these transactions, including choice of transactional form and structure, decision making processes and risk allocations. Much of the coursework will involve considering the principal documents involved in private company M&A transactions to identify key issues and terms, and consider the range of ways they are commonly resolved. The course will draw to some extent upon provisions and concepts of corporate law, corporate and individual taxation, securities law and contracts.

Prerequisite: Corporations & Partnerships