Demystify the takeover process with the straightforward guidance found in Aspen Publishersand#8217; Takeovers: A Strategic Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions, the definitive desk reference to managing the legal, regulatory, and economic aspects of todayand#8217;s increasingly complex corporate combinations, including cross-border acquisitions.

Using the expert insights in this guide to the takeover process, you will swiftly master the nomenclature, tempo of deal-making and techniques for closing in all types of business combinations.Takeovers: A Strategic Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions gives you a practical understanding of the critical procedures, issues, and laws both bidder and target corporations must consider, including:

How tender offers are regulated

Proxy contests

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

Strategic litigation

Federal regulation of a targetand#8217;s responses to a takeover

Poison pills

State takeover legislation

Deal protections

Directorsand#8217; duties

Going private

This updated Third Edition of Takeovers: A Strategic Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions expands the entire book with coverage of such topics as:

Recent trends in mergers and acquisitions

The impact of Rule 14d-10 on tender offers and proposed SEC amendments clarifying the rule

Developments in insider trading law

Proposed amendments to the proxy rules allowing delivery of proxy materials via the Internet

Stockholder proposals relating to poison pills and majority voting

Changes in the Hart- Scott-Rodino rules

Political considerations in cross-border Mandamp;A and increased attention to the role of CFIUS

How the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the USA Patriot Act have affected Mandamp;A

Developments in the standards of judicial review applicable to director actions

Developments relating to deal protection

Changes in federal tax rules affecting business combinations