The Law of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Module I - Basic Building Blocks
1	Introduction The Law of Duties
2	The Law of Duties (cont.)
3	The Hard Edge of Regulation
4	Contracts
5	Contracts (cont.)
6	Module I Wrap-up
Module II - M&A
7	Key Players, Stages and Deal Structures Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae
8	Tax Considerations in Structuring a Deal Guest: Martin Allen, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
9	The Basic Terms of a Purchase Agreement Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & McRae
10	Buying a Publicly-held Company I Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter
11	Buying a Publicly-held Company II Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter
12	International M&A and Joint Ventures Guest: David Walek, Ropes & Gray
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)
15	The Publicly-held Corporation II - Governance and Accountability Guest: Lisa Wood, Partner, Foley Hoag
Module IV - Raising and Investing Money
16	Venture Capital Guest: Edward Freedman, Corporate Counsel, Flagship Ventures
17	Other Private Equity Guest: John LeClaire and David Watson, Partners, Goodwin Procter
18	Public Offerings and Investment Banking Guest: James Hackett, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart
19	Commercial Lending and Securitization Guest: Matthew Furlong, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
20	Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio Guest: Tim Diggins, Partner, Ropes & Gray
Module V - Competition, Mobility and Insolvency
21	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)
23	Bankruptcy and Reorganization II Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge
24	Wrap-up