Governance Watch: M&A Transactions: What Boards and Advisors Need to Know

What is the role of the board in an M&A transaction? What key issues should the board ensure have been “diligenced” as part of a transaction?

Join this webcast as we bring together a panel of legal, corporate, and investment banking experts to discuss issues that boards and their advisors need to know in connection with M&A transactions, related to:

  • Forecasts
  • How to navigate Navigating away from “entire fairness”
  • Board liability
  • The Revlon Doctrine
  • Blending corporate cultures
  • Additional key questions the board should ask

Who Should Attend: C-suite executives; Public and private company board members; CFOs; CLOs; General Counsel; Corporate Secretaries; Governance Professionals; Institutional investors; Investment bankers 

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Anu Aiyengar Anthony Kim Ethan A. Klingsberg James Langston Paul Washington
Governance Watch: M&A Transactions: What Boards and Advisors Need to Know
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Join this webcast as we bring together a panel of legal, corporate, and investment banking experts to discuss issues that boards and their advisors need to know in connection with M&A transactions, related to:

  • Forecasts
  • How to navigate Navigating away from “entire fairness”
  • Board liability
  • The Revlon Doctrine
  • Blending corporate cultures
  • Additional key questions the board should ask

Who Should Attend: C-suite executives; Public and private company board members; CFOs; CLOs; General Counsel; Corporate Secretaries; Governance Professionals; Institutional investors; Investment bankers 

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Anu Aiyengar

Head of North America M&A
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Anthony Kim

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Centerview Partners LLC

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