Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers

This publication provides strategy for every phase of a corporate merger or acquisition. Areas covered include: investigating and evaluating prospects; approaching potential candidates; combining businesses; monitoring the combined operation; complying with antitrust laws; arranging transactions with the lowest tax cost; winning a takeover fight; avoiding problems with federal securities laws, especially Rule 10(b); dealing with finders and business brokers; analyzing and accounting for takover costs; satisfying labour laws and union demands in business combinations; and presenting the most favourable accounting picture for the transaction. The text includes the information needed to construct a legal and efficient transaction: application of state corporation statutes; analysis of state and federal court decisions; directors' and officers' liability; creditors' rights; interplay of rederal and state laws; defensive tactics; tax planning; and the mechanics of antitrust compliance. The price quoted for the work covers one year's worth of service (three updates).