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
