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Mergers and Acquisitions: A Transactional Perspective

2nd Edition
Stephen M. Bainbridge | Iman Anabtawi
ISBN: 9781642422498
Subject: Mergers And Acquisitions
Format: Print & Electronic - Hardbound
Page Count: 883
Copyright: 2023 | Status: In Stock

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This textbook embodies the conviction that theoretical and practical legal education are complementary and no more so than in the setting of M&A transactions, where corporate lawyers are regularly called upon to draw on their substantive knowledge of the law to advise clients on how best to effectuate their business objectives. Accordingly, this book includes the most significant case law in M&A jurisprudence while also making heavy use of textual explication, sample agreement provisions, and the latest teaching methods to deepen and assess students' understanding of the relevant subject matter and prepare them for practice.

The authors employ three principal pedagogical methods:

  • Questions help students focus on information in the cases that is most relevant to the principles underlying specific topic areas.
  • Problems hone students' abilities to interpret and apply the material to novel situations similar to those they might be asked to analyze in practice.
  • Skills exercises provide time-efficient transactional skills training to students in the context of M&A.

Additionally, this title is accompanied by online self-assessment quizzes, tied to the text, that further help students gauge their understanding of the material.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 12/21/2022

Stephen M. Bainbridge, University of California-L.A. School of Law

Iman Anabtawi, University of California-L.A. School of Law

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New or enhanced coverage includes:

  • Contractual waiver of statutory appraisal rights
  • Deference to deal price in fair value determinations in appraisal
  • The distinction between “ordinary course of business” operating covenants and material adverse effect conditions, illustrated through AB Stable VIII LLC v. MAPS Hotels and Resorts One LLC, 268 A.3d 198 (2021)
  • Delaware’s finding of a material adverse effect in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, CV 2018–0300–JTL, 2018 WL 4719347
  • An update on the drafting of material adverse effect clauses after the Covid-19 pandemic (with examples)
  • Discussion in Flood v. Synutra Intl., Inc., 195 A.3d 754 (Del. 2018), of using procedural protections in controller acquisitions for the business judgment rule to apply
  • Expanded treatment of various levels of “efforts” clauses in M&A contracts
    • New guidance on the boundaries of poison pills in The Williams Companies Stockholder Litig., 2021 WL 754593 (Del. Ch. Feb. 26, 2021)
  • An assessment of Corwin cleansing by shareholder ratification in Joseph R. Slights III, Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC—An “After-Action Report,” 24 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 6 (2018)

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