December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
24h 26m
English
THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES MAINLY on the legal regulations governing mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the United States. However, the rules for other countries are also discussed. It will be clear that there are many similarities in the takeover regulations of various countries, although there are some important differences.
The legal requirements governing M&As in the United States differ depending on whether a transaction is a friendly merger or a hostile deal. Within each of these categories the rules vary depending on whether the transactions are cash- or stock-financed. The regulatory framework of each of these alternatives is as follows: