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Claire A. Hill
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Steven Davidoff Solomon
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30 Sep 2016
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Law 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784711481.00038
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Research Handbook on Mergers and Acquisitions
Edited by
Claire A. Hill
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Steven Davidoff Solomon
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30 Sep 2016
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9781784711474
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9781784711481
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784711481
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c 496
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Law 2016
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Table of Contents
Front Matter
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Introduction
PART I: HISTORY AND OVERVIEW
Chapter 1: Mergers and acquisitions: a cyclical and legal phenomenon
Chapter 2: M & A contracts: purposes, types, regulation, and patterns of practice
Chapter 3: The market for corporate control: survey of the empirical evidence, estimation issues, and potential areas for future research
PART II: FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 4: The modern business judgment rule
Chapter 5: Equivalence: form and substance in business acquisitions
PART III: TRANSACTION STRUCTURING
Chapter 6: A founders’ guide to unicorn creation: how liquidation preferences in M & A transactions affect start-up valuation
Chapter 7: Addressing informational challenges with earnouts in mergers and acquisitions
Chapter IV: TAKEOVER AND DEAL DEFENSES
Chapter 8: Takeover defenses: the lay of the land and disputed sign posts
Chapter 9: Staggered boards: practice, theory, andevidence
Chapter 10: Deal protection devices: the negotiation, protection, and enforcement of M & A transactions
PART V: STANDARDS OF REVIEW
Chapter 11: The role of judicial opinions in shaping M & A practice
Chapter 12: The reconfiguring of Revlon
Chapter 13: Freezeouts: doctrine and perspectives
PART VI: LITIGATION
Chapter 14: Settlements and fees in merger litigation
Chapter 15: Lead plaintiffs and lead counsel in deal litigation
PART VII: STATUTORY ISSUES
Chapter 16: The deterrence value of stockholder appraisal
Chapter 17: Tender offers and disclosure: the history and future of the Williams Act
PART VIII: SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM
Chapter 18: Activist stockholders, corporate governance challenges, and Delaware law
Chapter 19: Short- and long-term investors (and other stakeholders too): must (and do) their interests conflict?
PART IX: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 20: Canadian M & A: a comparative perspective
Chapter 21: Legal transplants in the law of the deal: M & A agreements in India
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Corporate Law and Governance
Finance and Banking Law
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