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Corporate Finance, Principles and Practice

5th Edition
William J. Carney | Robert P. Bartlett III | George S. Geis
ISBN: 9798887862859
Subject: Corporate Finance
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 944
Copyright: 2024 | Status: Accepting Pre-Orders
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This casebook provides an introduction to corporate finance for lawyers, focusing on what students will need to know in corporate practice. Among other things, students learn:
 

  1. Financial fundamentals, such as how to work with and read financial statements, how to conduct a discounted cash flow analysis, and option pricing theory.
  2. Financial contracting theory relevant for companies raising capital through common stock offerings, corporate debt offerings, preferred stock offerings, and the issuance of convertible securities.
  3. Application of finance principles to various corporate legal settings, including M&A, appraisal disputes, and fiduciary duty litigation.
  4. Contractual solutions employed to deal with the various conflicts and ambiguities that arise due to corporate finance transactions.
  5. How to work with spreadsheets to implement financial provisions contained in corporate finance transaction documents.


Additionally, the text covers a broad range of related topics such as venture capital, inter-creditor disputes, poison pill defenses, and activist shareholder recapitalizations.

Student Supplemental Worksheets are available to download here.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 07/08/2024

William J. Carney, Emory University School of Law

Robert P. Bartlett III, Stanford Law School

George S. Geis, University of Virginia School of Law

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