Study

This three-credit course will consider corporate mergers and acquisitions, the laws governing such transactions, and the process of initiating and completing a corporate acquisition. Topics covered will include the structures commonly used in M&A transactions (and the factors affecting choice of deal structure); strategies employed by the acquiring company and the target firm in negotiating an acquisition; the critical role of information in M&A deals; due diligence of the target firm; the roles and responsibilities of management, Boards of Directors and shareholders; hostile takeovers, poison pills and other takeover defenses; securities laws affecting public company transactions; and the rise of activist shareholders.

Enrollment Pre-/Co- Requisite Information

Business Associations (Law 210).

M&A is not recommended for students who have already taken Deal Skills for the Transactional Lawyer (Law 777).

Spring 2016

Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor
336.01	Course Credits 3		Urska Velikonja
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.336.01.Sp16
Email list: LAW.336.01.Sp16@sakai.duke.edu