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Module I - Basic Building Blocks | ||
1 | Introduction The Law of Duties |
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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 |
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8 | Tax Considerations in Structuring a Deal Guest: Martin Allen, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
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9 | The Basic Terms of a Purchase Agreement Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & McRae |
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10 | Buying a Publicly-held Company I Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter |
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11 | Buying a Publicly-held Company II Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter |
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12 | International M&A and Joint Ventures Guest: David Walek, Ropes & Gray |
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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 |
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Module IV - Raising and Investing Money | ||
16 | Venture Capital Guest: Edward Freedman, Corporate Counsel, Flagship Ventures |
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17 | Other Private Equity Guest: John LeClaire and David Watson, Partners, Goodwin Procter |
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18 | Public Offerings and Investment Banking Guest: James Hackett, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart |
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19 | Commercial Lending and Securitization Guest: Matthew Furlong, Partner, Bingham McCutchen |
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20 | Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio Guest: Tim Diggins, Partner, Ropes & Gray |
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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 |
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24 | Wrap-up |