Penn State Law Review Symposium Webinar:
THE DEAL LAWYERS’ GUIDE TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANY ACQUISITIONS
Free Registration for Both Sessions
The Penn State Law Review will host a webinar of its symposium entitled “The Deal Lawyers’ Guide to Public and Private Company Acquisitions” on November 18, 2011. The webinar will feature two sessions. Both sessions will be followed with live Q&A with Professor Sam Thompson, Director of the Center for the Study of Mergers & Acquisitions at Penn State Law. For the live Q&A, Professor Thompson will be joined by Byron Egan of Jackson Walker L.L.P. following the Private Acquisition panel and by Richard Climan of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP following the Public Acquisition panel.
Session 1: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST
Private Company Acquisition: A Mock Negotiation, including Perspectives on Investment Banking, Tax, and European Issues Register Here
Byron F. Egan, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Richard De Rose (Investment Banking), Houlihan Lokey
Frances Murphy, Slaughter and May, London, UK
Michael L. Schler (Tax Counsel), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
H. Lawrence Tafe III, Day Pitney LLP
Donald J. Wolfe Jr. (Delaware Law Counsel), Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Session 2: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST
Public Company Acquisition: A Mock Negotiation, including Perspectives on Delaware Corporate Law, Antitrust, Proxy Solicitations, and Public Relations Register Here
Richard E. Climan, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
George R. Bason Jr., Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Frederick S. Green, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Joel I. Greenberg, Kaye Scholer LLP
Tom Johnson (Public Relations), The Abernathy MacGregor Group, Inc.
M.J. Moltenbrey (Antitrust Counsel), Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Rachel Posner (Proxy Advisor), Georgeson Inc.
Lisa A. Schmidt (Delaware Law Counsel), Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
For additional information, please email editor@pennstatelawreview.org.
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Penn State Law Review Symposium Print Issue
The Penn State Law Review is pleased to announce the 2011-12 symposium issue, The Deal Lawyer’s Guide to Public and Private Company Acquisitions. The print issue of the symposium will contain annotated transcripts from panels of leading M&A attorneys who will engage in mock negotiations intended to highlight complex issues and recent developments in M&A law. A special edition of the Penn State Law Review, Volume 116, Issue 3, will be available in April 2012 for individual purchase in hardcover format.
For additional information or if you are interested in ordering a copy, please email editor@pennstatelawreview.org.
ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTS
Panel Discussions from the 8th Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions:
Public Company Acquisition: A Mock Negotiation, including Perspectives on Delaware Corporate Law, Antitrust, Proxy Solicitations, and Public Relations
Private Company Acquisition: A Mock Negotiation, including Perspectives on Investment Banking, Tax, and European Issues
Mock Argument Before the Delaware Supreme Court on the Airgas Poison Pill Decision
ARTICLES
| Addressing Various Practical and Legal Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions Including: | ||
| Structuring the Deal | ||
| Byron F. Egan (Jackson Walker L.L.P.) | ||
| Delaware Fiduciary Duties | ||
| William M. Lafferty (Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP) | ||
| Lisa A. Schmidt (Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.) | ||
| Donald J. Wolfe, Jr. (Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP) | ||
| Federal Tax Law | ||
| Michael L. Schler (Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP) | ||
| Antitrust Law | ||
| M.J. Moltenbrey (Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP) | ||
| Exchange Consolidations | ||
| Philip McBride Johnson (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, retired) | ||
| Corporate Communications | ||
| Tom Johnson (The Abernathy MacGregor Group, Inc.)
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