15.617 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

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  

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