Corporate Finance, Principles and Practice (University Casebook Series) - Hardcover

Carney, William; Bartlett III, Robert; Geis, George

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798887862859

Publisher: Foundation Press, 2024

Synopsis

This casebook provides an introduction to corporate finance for lawyers, focusing on what students will need to know in corporate practice. Among other things, students learn:
 

1. Financial fundamentals, such as how to work with and read financial statements, how to conduct a discounted cash flow analysis, and option pricing theory.
2. Financial contracting theory relevant for companies raising capital through common stock offerings, corporate debt offerings, preferred stock offerings, and the issuance of convertible securities.
3. Application of finance principles to various corporate legal settings, including M&A, appraisal disputes, and fiduciary duty litigation.
4. Contractual solutions employed to deal with the various conflicts and ambiguities that arise due to corporate finance transactions.
5. How to work with spreadsheets to implement financial provisions contained in corporate finance transaction documents.

Additionally, the text covers a broad range of related topics such as venture capital, inter-creditor disputes, poison pill defenses, and activist shareholder recapitalizations.

Student Supplemental Worksheets are available to download here.

Edition details

• Publisher: Foundation Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798887862859
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 944