| Module I - Basic Building Blocks |
| 1 | Introduction
The Law of Duties | |
| 2 | The Law of Duties (cont.) | |
| 3 | The Hard Edge of Regulation | |
| 4 | Contracts | |
| 5 | Contracts (cont.) | |
| 6 | Module I Wrap-up | |
| Module II - M&A |
| 7 | Key Players, Stages and Deal Structures
Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae | |
| 8 | Tax Considerations in Structuring a Deal
Guest: Martin Allen, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart | |
| 9 | The Basic Terms of a Purchase Agreement
Guest: Terry Mahoney, Partner, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & McRae | |
| 10 | Buying a Publicly-held Company I
Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter | |
| 11 | Buying a Publicly-held Company II
Guests: Stu Cable and Jim Matarese, Partners, Goodwin Procter | |
| 12 | International M&A and Joint Ventures
Guest: David Walek, Ropes & Gray | |
| Module III - Forms of Business Entities |
| 13 | Forms of Doing Business - An Introduction | First exercise available one day after lecture 13 at noon |
| 14 | The Publicly-held Corporation I - Insider Trading and Disclosure
Guest: Jocelyn Arel, Partner, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault | First exercise due two days before lecture 14 at 5 p.m. (two days after it was made available) |
| 15 | The Publicly-held Corporation II - Governance and Accountability
Guest: Lisa Wood, Partner, Foley Hoag | |
| Module IV - Raising and Investing Money |
| 16 | Venture Capital
Guest: Edward Freedman, Corporate Counsel, Flagship Ventures | |
| 17 | Other Private Equity
Guest: John LeClaire and David Watson, Partners, Goodwin Procter | |
| 18 | Public Offerings and Investment Banking
Guest: James Hackett, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart | |
| 19 | Commercial Lending and Securitization
Guest: Matthew Furlong, Partner, Bingham McCutchen | |
| 20 | Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio
Guest: Tim Diggins, Partner, Ropes & Gray | |
| Module V - Competition, Mobility and Insolvency |
| 21 | Antitrust | Second exercise available one day after lecture 21 at noon |
| 22 | Bankruptcy and Reorganization I
Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge | Second exercise due one day after lecture 22 at 9 p.m. (two days after it was made available) |
| 23 | Bankruptcy and Reorganization II
Guest: John Whitlock, Partner, Palmer & Dodge | |
| 24 | Wrap-up | |