Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
Module I - Basic Building Blocks
1 Introduction

The Law of Duties
2 The Law of Duties (cont.)
3 The Hard Edge of Regulation
4 Contracts
5 Contracts (cont.)
6 Module I Wrap-up
Module II - M&A
7 Key Players, Stages and Deal Structures

Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae
8 Tax Considerations in Structuring a Deal

Guest: Martin Allen, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
9 The Basic Terms of a Purchase Agreement

Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & McRae
10 Buying a Publicly-held Company I

Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter
11 Buying a Publicly-held Company II

Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter
12 International M&A and Joint Ventures

Guest: David Walek, Ropes & Gray
Module III - Forms of Business Entities
13 Forms of Doing Business - An Introduction First exercise available one day after lecture 13 at noon
14 The Publicly-held Corporation I - Insider Trading and Disclosure

Guest: Jocelyn Arel, Partner, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault
First exercise due two days before lecture 14 at 5 p.m. (two days after it was made available)
15 The Publicly-held Corporation II - Governance and Accountability

Guest: Lisa Wood, Partner, Foley Hoag
Module IV - Raising and Investing Money
16 Venture Capital

Guest: Edward Freedman, Corporate Counsel, Flagship Ventures
17 Other Private Equity

Guest: John LeClaire and David Watson, Partners, Goodwin Procter
18 Public Offerings and Investment Banking

Guest: James Hackett, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart
19 Commercial Lending and Securitization

Guest: Matthew Furlong, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
20 Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio

Guest: Tim Diggins, Partner, Ropes & Gray
Module V - Competition, Mobility and Insolvency
21 Antitrust Second exercise available one day after lecture 21 at noon
22 Bankruptcy and Reorganization I

Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge
Second exercise due one day after lecture 22 at 9 p.m. (two days after it was made available)
23 Bankruptcy and Reorganization II

Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge
24 Wrap-up