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Class times for Fall, 2008 have not been released yet.248.7 sec. 1 - Fundamentals of Leveraged Buyouts (Fall 2008)
Instructor: David Patrick Eich
Instructor: Stephen Oetgen (view instructor's profile)
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Units: 2
Meeting Time: -
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Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49605
The purpose of this two-unit course is to explore the fundamental legal issues involved in leveraged buyouts, the predominant manifestation of private equity investment and often among the most complex and transformational of corporate events.
Since the beginning of modern private equity in the United States in the late 1970s, the industry has grown exponentially in scale and scope. The largest private equity firms each now manage more than $50 billion in assets and invest funds around the globe in multiple “alternative” asset classes. LBOs, the principal transactional medium of large private equity firms, constitute a substantial portion of all mergers and acquisitions in developed economies and a rapidly growing portion in emerging markets.
This course will examine in detail, from multiple commercial and legal perspectives, each of the three primary components of an LBO: the equity financing, the debt financing and the acquisition. We will explore in particular the import of key provisions in each of the principal transaction documents typically involved.
1st class will be held on September 2.
Prerequisites:
The course is appropriate for advanced law and business students but does not require prerequisites. Law students, however, are encouraged to have some pre-existing familiarity with basic principles of corporate finance and corporations, and to be conversant in basic corporate tax and accounting.
Exam Notes: TH
This is a credit only course
Special Notes: CR
Course Category: Business Law
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