课程简介

美国公司兼并与收购法导论课程由美国哥伦比亚大学Robert J. Jackson, Jr.教授讲授，将围绕Introduction to U.S. Corporate Law、Economics and Mechanics of U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions、Contests for Control三个主题，分五次课展开。

详情请见附件”Mergers and Acquisitions Syllabus”。

 

课程时间

2014年6月2日至6月6日每天中午12:30-14:00

 

课程安排

Part One: Introduction to U.S. Corporate Law (One Class)

Class	Date	Topics	Assigned Readings
1	Monday, June 2	Economic Theory; Shareholder Voting; Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Under the Law of Delaware	Reading Materials, Session One: Selected Pages from AKS (41 pages)     Statutory and Regulatory Background: Securities and Exchange Rule 14a-8 DGCL §§ 109, 102(b)(7), 141

 

Part Two: Economics and Mechanics of U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions (One Class)

Class	Date	Topics	Assigned Readings
2	Tuesday, June 3	Economic Reasons for Mergers; Transactional Structure and Related Legal Rules	Reading Materials, Session Two: Selected Pages from AKS (34 pages)     Statutory and Regulatory Background: DGCL § 251

 

Part Three: Contests for Control (Three Classes)

Class	Date	Topics	Assigned Readings
3	Wednesday, June 4	Defensive Tactics, the Poison Pill, and Related U.S. Corporate Law	Reading Materials, Session Three: Selected Pages from AKS (15 pages)
4	Thursday, June 5	Directors’ Fiduciary Duties and the Sale of the Firm	Reading Materials, Session Four: Selected Pages from AKS (35 pages)
5	Friday, June 6	The Proxy Fight and Contests for Corporate Control; the Takeover Arms Race Continues; and the Future of the Law of U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions	Reading Materials, Session Five: Selected Pages from AKS (19 pages)     Additional Materials on Recent Developments: Trilogy, Inc. v. Selectica Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. v. Airgas Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Delaware Court Reaffirms the Poison Pill

 

教授简介

Robert J. Jackson, Jr.
Columbia Law School           

Harvard Law School

Juris Doctor

Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Master of Public Policy

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Master of Business Administration in Finance

University of Pennsylvania and Pembroke College, Oxford University

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Economics

 

Robert J. Jackson, Jr. is Associate Professor of Law, Milton Handler Fellow, and Co-Director of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School, where his research emphasizes empirical study of executive compensation and corporate governance matters. Before joining the faculty in 2010, Professor Jackson served as an advisor to senior officials at the Department of the Treasury and in the Office of the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation. Before that, Professor Jackson practiced in the Executive Compensation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz.

 

In 2012, Columbia students honored Professor Jackson with the Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Also in 2012, Professor Jackson moderated a Fred Friendly Seminar on Financial Innovation in conjunction with Columbia Business School.

 

选课要求

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