General Description:
Provides overview of the legal and financial principles to represent privately held companies, their founders and managers, and their investors. Emphasizes transaction structuring rather than judicial opinions. Includes the organization and financing of start-ups, structuring buyout transactions, exit strategies, legal organization of investment funds and other financial intermediaries. Discusses the relevant regulatory landscape, including securities law, bankruptcy, ERISA, and tax law.
Select Term:
LAWS 7271-001
Instructor(s):
Victor Fleischer
Credits: 3
Meeting Times & Locations:
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Mon,Wed |
9:15 AM - 10:35 AM |
WOLF 306 |
Description: Provides an overview of the venture capital and private equity industries. Topics include the organization and financing of start-ups, structuring buyout transactions, exit strategies, and the legal organization of investment funds and other financial intermediaries. Discusses the relevant regulatory landscape, including securities law, bankruptcy, ERISA, and tax law. Includes case studies of actual transactions.
Textbook Info: Lerner, Hardyman & Leamon, Venture Capital & Private Equity: A Case Book, (Wiley, 4th).
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