It’s a bad day, the eve of your company’s merger. You are a high-profile corporate lawyer working for a global brand and you just learned that personal data believed to have been stolen from your cloud computing account has been posted on WhoNeedsTheLaw.com, apparently exposing your name, entire work email inbox, phone number and scandalous images secured by a hacker accessing the camera on your laptop computer. The data includes a private dialogue between you and the outside company about the liabilities of taking on the merger. What would you do? This interactive session will cover emerging executive liability issues and test how effectively you can navigate risk with real-life scenarios and video vignettes.
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This is an outline of issues that challenge law departments when dealing with M&A transactions.
It’s a bad day, the eve of your company’s merger. You are a high-profile corporate lawyer working for a global brand and you just learned that personal data believed to have been stolen from your cloud computing account has been posted on WhoNeedsTheLaw.com, apparently exposing your name, entire work email inbox, phone number and scandalous images secured by a hacker accessing the camera on your laptop computer. The data includes a private dialogue between you and the outside company about the liabilities of taking on the merger. What would you do? This interactive session will cover emerging executive liability issues and test how effectively you can navigate risk with real-life scenarios and video vignettes.
All technology-centric companies will consider an exit strategy at some point in their lifecycle; but what happens when you pursue two exit strategies — being acquired and conducting an initial public offering — at the same time? Learn from business leaders who have successfully used this strategy in their own businesses as they provide insights and practical tips to build and enhance value through a dual-track mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and Initial Public Offering (IPO) pathway. They will explain how to position your company for a dual-track exit strategy, pitfalls and traps for the unwary, the importance of planning and hiring the right advisors and partners, factors that indicate the likelihood of success for a dual-track exit strategy and how to continue to operate your business while pursuing one.
This panel will cover a wide range of issues relevant to in-house counsel including: dealing with seller-friendly deal environment; the role of in-house counsel in M&A; opportunities and pitfalls with earn-outs and other purchase price adjustment provisions; current due diligence hot button issues (including FCPA, OFAC and cybersecurity); shareholder activism; and lessons learned from recent M&A litigation.
It’s a bad day, the eve of your company’s merger. You are a high-profile corporate lawyer working for a global brand and you just learned that personal data believed to have been stolen from your cloud computing account has been posted on WhoNeedsTheLaw.com, apparently exposing your name, entire work email inbox, phone number and scandalous images secured by a hacker accessing the camera on your laptop computer. The data includes a private dialogue between you and the outside company about the liabilities of taking on the merger. What would you do? This interactive session will cover emerging executive liability issues and test how effectively you can navigate risk with real-life scenarios and video vignettes.
This article is a practical cross-border insight into mergers and acquisitions.
This Top Ten article is intended to help foreign investors navigate the key issues that a purchaser of a Spanish production unit will face when buying a business from a seller subject to insolvency proceedings, taking into particular consideration the recently revised Spanish Insolvency Act (the "IA") and decisions of the Spanish Commercial Courts.
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