Course Details

Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions

Public company M&A processes are driven by individual and corporate ambition, shaped by the capital markets and governed by corporate law. Understanding how these drivers of M&A intersect (and often collide) is critical to a lawyer's success. This course seeks to provide the legal and commercial foundation to enable accelerated career growth for students who may choose to become M&A lawyers, or work on the finance or litigation teams that support complex M&A transactions. Through the lens of nine public company deals that the instructors led in their private practices, students will study increasingly complex transactions including tender offers, mergers of equals, going private transactions by private equity, activist and topping bid challenges to announced deals, hostile bids, the challenging tax and antitrust contexts for strategic deals, and the unique complexities of cross-border combinations. The instructors will highlight the implications of case law, regulations and market practice for the pace, structure and outcomes in these transactions, providing an M&A context for the legal principles students may have previously considered in their business associations, tax and other courses. Students will also have the opportunity to consider how legal counsel functions in partnership with investment bankers and other advisors to provide coordinated, effective advice to companies and their directors. Business Associations is a prerequisite

Catalog Number: BUSCOM 737

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Course History

Spring 2025
Title: Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions
Faculty: Gerstein, Mark D.
Faris, Bradley
Section: 1     Credits: 2.0
Capacity: 25     Actual: 22

Fall 2022
Title: Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions
Faculty: Gerstein, Mark D.
Section: 1     Credits: 2.0
Capacity: 25     Actual: 25