About the Book
Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance
First Edition
Robert B. Thompson
Georgetown University
2010. 576 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-9419-7. With Teacher's Manual.
About the Book
Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance equips students to make and to advise on the key strategic choices in an acquisition.
Features:
- Stellar authorship: Robert Thompson is known both for his top-drawer scholarship and his teachable casebook.
- Focus on how lawyers create value in a transactional setting: teaches not only the legal rules but also the economic and financial principles that shape the strategy of lawyers and the clients they advise, preparing students for practice
- “The Deal” note following each case: helps students to understand who the parties in M&As were and what they were trying to accomplish.
- Rich but accessible coverage of valuation: introduces the core principles that underlie how courts and finance experts value companies
- Coverage of insider trading: put within a broader discussion of the economic value of information
- Coverage of the poison pill: put within the context of the specific legal problem that the lawyers needed to solve and how the poison pill achieved solutions in a creative and unusual way
- Coverage of recent developments: issues such as deal protection devices and activist shareholders
- Accompanied by three helpful ancillaries: Teacher’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, and a website
