Mergers and Acquisitions: A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide (repost)

A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide
Getting mergers and acquisitions transactions successfully completed requires an understanding of the legal framework, negotiating points, and practical aspects of each stage of the deal.

Part legal primer, part business and negotiating primer, Mergers and Acquisitions: A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide provides comprehensive and understandable advice for management, investors, legal and business professionals, and law and business school students.

Providing expert guidance on the legal frame-work, deal points, and practicalities at each stage of an M&A transaction, Edwin L. Miller, Jr. explores the M&A process from beginning to end, including:

•Corporate finance fundamentals
•Critical early steps in the acquisition process
•How to structure transactions to achieve the best economic result
•Tax considerations for both buyers and sellers
•Key and often-misunderstood provisions in the definitive acquisition agreement
•Acquisitions of public companies—what's different
•Leveraged buyouts and acquisitions of troubled businesses
Mergers and Acquisitions is a must-read whether you're a legal or business professional, an entrepreneur, an investor, or a law or business school student. The book will also be extremely useful to international lawyers and businessmen who need to understand the M&A practices in the United States that are being increasingly adopted around the world.