Practical Skills in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

explore the big-picture basics of mergers and acquisitions, including activity classifications, deal structures, and key drivers like corporate control, tax, regulatory, and globalization.

Understand the deal process in mergers and acquisitions by learning to prepare the closing checklist and oversee the five basic stages from initial approach to post-closing.

Delve into asset purchase agreements, linking due diligence to definitive documents, representations, and schedules to address liabilities, ownership, and intellectual property in closing.

Compare asset purchase and stock purchase structures to understand drafting changes. Identify how preamble, recitals, definitions, and key provisions adapt for buyer or seller.

Mergers offer tax advantages and transfer of assets and liabilities, with shareholder approval deciding control, while Delaware's Section 251 governs the process, approvals, filings, and dissenters' rights.