Doing Deals 2024: The Art of M&A Transactional Practice

Why You Should Attend

The M&A market has experienced volatility, with macroeconomic factors – war, inflation, interest rate increases, stock and financing market fluctuations and periods of stock market volatility – compounding risks from global and political events, such as the pandemic and war in the Middle East and Ukraine, to create uncertainty in M&A activity. The market is also responding to increased regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and globally. We have also seen a number of hostile deals, creative deal structures, shareholder activist campaigns – including the first season of universal proxy ballot -- and developments in Delaware M&A jurisprudence. These developments are among the points that will be discussed at the Doing Deals program.

A prominent faculty of top outside and in-house lawyers and investment bankers will share their years of experience and teach you how best to represent your clients by creatively structuring, coordinating and managing M&A transactions.

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Choose a transaction structure: Navigating the world of mergers and tender offers
• Recognize special considerations when doing cross-border deals, including the effect of the 2017 tax reforms  
• Understand the critical importance of pre-deal documents, such as confidentiality agreements 
• Recite the nuts and bolts of definitive agreements – representations and warranties, covenants, conditions and indemnification provisions
• Launch or defend against a hostile deal or an activist hedge fund 

Who Should Attend

The program is geared to attorneys in private practice or in-house corporate counsel who seek a practical overview of key issues that arise in the most common types of corporate transactions. This is a full overview of all the skills you need to structure a transaction, draft preliminary and definitive agreements and perform the appropriate due diligence.

Program Level: Basic

Prerequisites: An interest in mergers & acquisitions.

Advanced Preparation: None