LAW 365P - Mergers & Acquisitions Actual Practice Practicum

This practicum follows the life of an M&A transaction from client intake through initial transaction/project development, drafting and negotiating key M&A documents, researching and advising the client on key issues that arise in the transaction, and post closing dispute resolution. Students will also represent startup businesses at the formation or first seed stage in conjunction with a law firm, providing formation, state and local licensing, intellectual property, securities, tax, and other needed advice. The class will be divided into “modules” focused on different stages or elements of the transaction, some of which will involve non-transactional legal doctrines. The modules will be only partially self-contained - the modules will overlap with each other, one ramping up while the other winds down, with certain issues raised early in the course being revisited in greater detail later. The objective of the course is to simulate the life of a practicing M&A attorney - researching, drafting and negotiating the key
corporate/transactional matters, but also being exposed to non-transactional subject matters - all designed to provided the experience of advising clients about the key issues that arise during the life of an M&A transaction. The class will emphasize contractual issues and formulating and delivering (both verbally and in writing) advice to clients in a transactional setting. The class will involve some, but less, substantive legal research. (Will satisfy the actual practice graduation requirement). Credits: 5 (year long course, two credits in the Fall three credits in the Spring) Chatman and Woody Prerequisite - Business Associations (LAW 216) (or permission of the instructor).