15.617 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

The Law of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets

Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS
Module I - Basic Building Blocks
1

Introduction

The Law of Duties

2 The Law of Duties (cont.) (PDF)
3 The Hard Edge of Regulation
4 Contracts (PDF)
5 Contracts (cont.) (PDF)
6 Module I Wrap-up
Module II - M&A
7

Key Players, Stages and Deal Structures (PDF)

Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae

8

Tax Considerations in Structuring a Deal (PDF)

Guest: Martin Allen, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

9

The Basic Terms of a Purchase Agreement (PDF)

Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & McRae

10

Buying a Publicly-held Company I (PDF)

Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter

11

Buying a Publicly-held Company II (PDF)

Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter

12

International M&A and Joint Ventures (PDF)

Guest: David Walek, Ropes & Gray

Module III - Forms of Business Entities
13 Forms of Doing Business - An Introduction (PDF)
14

The Publicly-held Corporation I - Insider Trading and Disclosure (PDF)

Guest: Jocelyn Arel, Partner, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault

15

The Publicly-held Corporation II - Governance and Accountability

Guest: Lisa Wood, Partner, Foley Hoag

Module IV - Raising and Investing Money
16

Venture Capital (PDF)

Guest: Edward Freedman, Corporate Counsel, Flagship Ventures

17

Other Private Equity (PDF)

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 (PDF)

Guest: Matthew Furlong, Partner, Bingham McCutchen

20

Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio (PDF)

Guest: Tim Diggins, Partner, Ropes & Gray

Module V - Competition, Mobility and Insolvency
21 Antitrust (PDF)
22

Bankruptcy and Reorganization I (PDF)

Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge

23

Bankruptcy and Reorganization II (PDF)

Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge

24 Wrap-up

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