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