2011-2012 Symposium – Penn State Law Review

Penn State Law Review’s Annual Symposium:
The Deal Lawyer’s Guide to Public and Private Company Acquisitions

Friday, October 14, 2011
10:00 a.m – 3:30 p.m.

Live at the New York City Bar.
Simulcast live to University Park and Carlisle.

Event Overview: Panels of leading M&A attorneys will engage in mock negotiations intended to highlight complex issues and recent developments in M&A law. Panelists will present supplemental materials and perspectives on the following aspects of M&A: fiduciary duties, antitrust, proxy solicitations, public relations, investment banking, taxation, and cross-border transactions.

Co-Sponsored by The Center for the Studies of Mergers and Acquisitions, Penn State University Dickinson School of Law, and the City Bar Center for CLE, New York City Bar.

Registration Information: To attend the simulcast in University Park or Carlisle, please email Cathy Dittman at cwd2@psu.edu.
To attend the event live at the NYC Bar, please register directly with the 8^th Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities, and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions at http://law.psu.edu/corporate11/registration.

TENTATIVE AGENDA
10:00 – 10:30	Check-In
10:30 – 12:15	Public Company Acquisition: A Mock Negotiation, including Perspectives on Delaware Corporate Law, Antitrust, Proxy Solicitations, and Public Relations	Discussion Leader Richard E. Climan, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Panelists George R. Bason Jr., Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Frederick S. Green, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Joel I. Greenberg, Kaye Scholer LLP Tom Johnson, (Public Relations), Abernathy MacGregor Group, Inc. M.J. Moltenbrey (Antitrust Counsel), Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Rachel Posner (Proxy Advisor), Georgeson, Inc. Lisa A. Schmidt (Delaware Law Counsel), Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
12:15 – 1:45	Lunch	TBD
1:45 – 3:30	Private Company Acquisition: A Mock Negotiation, including Perspectives on Investment Banking, Tax, and European Issues.	Discussion Leader Byron F. Egan, Jackson Walker LLP Panelists Richard De Rose (Investment Banking), Houlihan Lokey Howard Zukin, Inc. Robert T. Harper, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Frances Murphy, Slaughter and May, London, UK Michael L. Schler (Tax Counsel), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP H. Lawrence Tafe III, Day Pitney LLP Donald J. Wolfe Jr. (Delaware Law Counsel), Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP