Introduction
The purpose of this course is to give students a fundamental understanding of how corporate transactions occur in practice. The means to achieve this goal is for students to negotiate a share purchase agreement from the buyer's position in an auction process. In this process, students will be presented with the most realistic possible scenario. This includes addressing a range of practical, theoretical, and strategic questions and challenges that arise in connection with corporate acquisitions (“M&A processes”), such as due diligence, preparation of draft agreements and negotiations, various approvals and conditions for execution, pricing and financing, warranties, etc.