Thursday, November 7, 2024 12pm to 1:30pm
About this Event
This webinar will address common legal issues and questions that parties, including acquirors/targets, directors, counsel, and financial advisors, encounter in mergers & acquisitions, as well as the impact of recent developments in Delaware and other relevant case law. Some of the topics to be covered include, among other things: considerations when selecting legal and financial advisors, when do Revlon duties apply, what does it mean for a seller to select a value maximizing offer, how does a buyer’s stock as consideration complicate matters, what work does a Board need to do in order to obtain fairness opinion, what to do if a potential deal leaks, common issues between the signing and closing of a transaction, changes to standard of practice requires based on recent Delaware decisions. The participants will also address some more thorny legal issues that arise in complex M&A situations, including transactions involving controlling stockholders, and responding to unsolicited offers and under what circumstances can the target just say NO. The participants will focus on board-level and practical considerations and takeaways in these challenging scenarios.
The participants are: Elina Tetelbaum, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Moderator; Eddie Dixon, former Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, National Instruments Corporation; Nicole Martinet, former General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, PDC Energy, Inc.; Shawn Liu, Managing Director, BOFA Securities, Inc.; Andrea Rose, Partner, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher; and Lawrence A. Cunningham, Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Host.
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