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Samuel C. Thompson, Jr.

Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Arthur Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Director Center for the Study of M&A
University Park, PA, USA


Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. joined Penn State's Dickinson School of Law in July 2007 as a professor of law and director of Penn State's Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions. The Center examines corporate, securities, tax, antitrust, and other legal and economic issues that can arise in mergers and acquisitions. Among other things, Sam is the author of Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers, a four volume treatise published by the Practicing Law Institute, and Business Planning for Mergers and Acquisitions, a law school casebook that is in its third edition. Sam and his wife Beck are the proud parents of a four-year old, Samuel C. Thompson, III (Tommy), who likes football even more than his dad.      

Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. is associated with the following items:
Treatise  Treatise Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies
Treatise Chapters  Treatise Chapters General Principles in Drafting an Acquisition Agreement--Merger Agreement, Asset Acquisition Agreement, and Stock Purchase Agreement; And Appendices 2A-2U - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Confidentiality Agreements, Due Diligence, Letters of Intent and Exclusivity Agreements; And Appendices 3A-3E - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tender Offers, Open Market Purchases, and Going Private Transactions; And Appendices 8A-8J - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Structuring Mergers, Asset Acquisitions, and Compulsory Share Exchanges - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Federal Income Tax Considerations in Taxable and Tax-Free Domestic M&A - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Fiduciary Duties of Directors, Officers, and Controlling Shareholders; And Appendices 5A-5E - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Preface - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Federal Income Tax Considerations in Tax-Free Cross-Border M&A; And Appendices 22A-22B - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Checklist Guide to Structuring M&A Transactions - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Bankruptcy M&A: The TWA and Lehman Bankruptcy Sales; And Appendices 16A-16B - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Financial and SEC Accounting Considerations; And Appendices 10A-10D - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction to the '33 and '34 Acts and Exemptions in Acquisitions of Closely Held Targets; And Appendices 6A-6H - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction to Corporate, Securities, Tax, Antitrust, and Investment Restriction Issues in Outbound Cross-Border M&A; And Appendices 20A-20B - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
State Income Tax Considerations in Taxable and Tax-Free M&A - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction to Leveraged Buyouts; And Appendices 14A-14E - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Ethical Issues in M&A - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Table of Cases - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
M&A Involving Bank Holding Companies, Including Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act; And Appendix 17A: J.P. Morgan Chase--Bank One Merger of Financial Holding Companies - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Valuation Considerations in M&A and Dealing with Investment Bankers; And Appendices 11A-11G - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Impact in Negotiated Public Company M&A of the '33 and '34 Acts; And Appendices 7A-7F - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Table of References - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Federal Income Tax Considerations in Taxable Cross-Border M&A - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Joint Ventures; And Appendices 24A-24D - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction to Spin-Offs: Tax, Corporate, Securities, and Fraudulent Conveyance Issues; And Appendices 15A-15C - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction to Corporate, Securities, Tax, Antitrust, and Exon-Florio Issues in Inbound Cross-Border M&A; And Appendices 19A-19B - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
U.S. Pre-Merger Notification; And Appendices 13A-13B - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Deal Lawyer's Guide to Health Care M&A; And Appendices 27A-27F - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Index to Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction to M&A in FCC, FERC and Aviation Regulated Industries; And Appendix 18A: TXU LBO, Regulatory Approvals - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
U.S. Substantive Antitrust Analysis - Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies , Thursday, November 18, 2010
LiveSeminar  Live Seminar Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 2012 , Wednesday, December 05, 2012 , Los Angeles, CA
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