12-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

Merger and acquisition activity has been extremely robust in 2015.  The ability to properly advise companies and their boards of directors and to effectively negotiate an M&A transaction requires knowledge of the latest trends and developments affecting M&A. This program will help you stay up-to-date on recent developments regarding deal structures, potential financial advisor conflicts, appropriate board processes and guidance, key provisions in merger agreements, deal protection provisions, special private equity considerations and certain key disclosure and other SEC issues as well as recent trends and developments regarding Delaware litigation. Panels of top industry professionals will discuss these and other developments and highlight specific issues through a mock board meeting and mock negotiation of select provisions in a merger agreement.

What You Will Learn

• How to plan and structure an M&A transaction

• Understanding key tax considerations

• How to best advise a board of directors

• How to draft and negotiate key provisions of a merger agreement

• The latest trends in deal protection provisions

• The role of reverse break-up fees

• The latest trends and developments affecting private equity transactions

• The latest developments in public disclosure requirements affecting the deal environment

• The impact of recent Delaware decisions on standards for assessing board behavior in the context of a sale of a company, the settlement or dismissal of deal litigation, and on actual or potential financial advisor conflicts of interest; and much, much more…


Who Should Attend

Attorneys who counsel companies (both inside and outside counsel), corporate board members, investment bankers and advisors to other M&A participants.

Special Feature

An outstanding panel of M&A practitioners will engage in a critical analysis of a hypothetical M&A transaction through a mock board meeting and through the mock negotiation of key provisions of a merger agreement.

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