What are the main features of public company M&A?
A few years ago, I gave a training webinar on public company M&A with my close friend Roger W. Bivans, a Partner with Baker & McKenzie in Dallas. This offers a fairly comprehensive treatment of the subject. However, it hasn’t been updated to reflect any changes in the law since its original publication date so be careful in relying on it without double-checking references to current law, and let me know if you have any follow-up questions.
Topics include:
- Pre-Signing Issues
- Due Diligence
- Antitrust Gun-Jumping
- Target Director Fiduciary Duties
- Structure and Timing
- Comparison of Tender Offer to Merger
- Negotiations and Signing
- Consideration (i.e., purchase price)
- Post-Closing Covenants
- Deal Protections (no-shops, go-shops, lock-ups, force the vote provisions, termination rights, break-up fees, matching rights, etc.)
- Securities Law Compliance
- Minority Shareholder Rights
Enjoy!
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Erik Lopez is the M&A lawyer responsible for this blog. Feel free to contact Erik at erik@jassolopez.com or +1-214-601-1887.
Erik Lopez
Partner at Jasso Lopez PLLC
Erik is an M&A lawyer with over 23 years of domestic and cross-border, public and private M&A experience. He has successfully closed hundreds of deals totaling tens of billions of dollars in value for a global client-base. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and New York University School of Law. You can reach Erik at erik@jassolopez.com.