| Module I - Basic Building Blocks |
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Introduction
The Law of Duties |
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| 2 |
The Law of Duties (cont.) |
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| 3 |
The Hard Edge of Regulation |
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| 4 |
Contracts |
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| 5 |
Contracts (cont.) |
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| 6 |
Module I Wrap-up |
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| Module II - M&A |
| 7 |
Key Players, Stages and Deal Structures
Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae |
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| 8 |
Tax Considerations in Structuring a Deal
Guest: Martin Allen, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
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| 9 |
The Basic Terms of a Purchase Agreement
Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & McRae |
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| 10 |
Buying a Publicly-held Company I
Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter |
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| 11 |
Buying a Publicly-held Company II
Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter |
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| 12 |
International M&A and Joint Ventures
Guest: David Walek, Ropes & Gray |
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| Module III - Forms of Business Entities |
| 13 |
Forms of Doing Business - An Introduction |
First exercise available one day after lecture 13 at noon |
| 14 |
The Publicly-held Corporation I - Insider Trading and Disclosure
Guest: Jocelyn Arel, Partner, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault |
First exercise due two days before lecture 14 at 5 p.m. (two days after it was made available) |
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The Publicly-held Corporation II - Governance and Accountability
Guest: Lisa Wood, Partner, Foley Hoag |
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| Module IV - Raising and Investing Money |
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Venture Capital
Guest: Edward Freedman, Corporate Counsel, Flagship Ventures |
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| 17 |
Other Private Equity
Guest: John LeClaire and David Watson, Partners, Goodwin Procter |
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| 18 |
Public Offerings and Investment Banking
Guest: James Hackett, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart |
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| 19 |
Commercial Lending and Securitization
Guest: Matthew Furlong, Partner, Bingham McCutchen |
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| 20 |
Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio
Guest: Tim Diggins, Partner, Ropes & Gray |
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| Module V - Competition, Mobility and Insolvency |
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Antitrust |
Second exercise available one day after lecture 21 at noon |
| 22 |
Bankruptcy and Reorganization I
Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge |
Second exercise due one day after lecture 22 at 9 p.m. (two days after it was made available) |
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Bankruptcy and Reorganization II
Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge |
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| 24 |
Wrap-up |
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