Research handbook on mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions : a cyclical and legal phenomenon / Claire A. Hill, Brian J.M. Quinn and Steven Davidoff Solomon -- M&A contracts : purposes, types, regulation and patterns of practice / John C. Coates IV -- The market for corporate control : survey of the empirical evidence, estimation issues, and potential areas for future research / Darius Palia -- The modern business judgement rule / D. Gordon Smith -- Equivalence : form and substance in business acquisitions / Charles K. Whitehead -- A founders' guide to unicorn creation : how liquidation preferences in M&A transactions affect start-up valuation / Robert P. Bartlett, III -- Addressing informational challenges with earnouts in mergers and acquisitions / Albert H. Choi -- Takeover defenses : the lay of the land and disputed sign posts / Jordan M. Barry -- Staggered boards : practice, theory, and evidence / Simone M. Sepe -- Deal protection devices : the negotiation, protection, and enforcement of M&A transactions / Megan Wischmeier Shaner -- The role of judicial opinions in shaping M&A practice / Lawrence A. Hamermesh and Jacob J. Fedechko -- The reconfiguring of Revlon / Lyman Johnson -- Freezeouts : doctrine and perspectives / Fernán Restrepo and Guhan Subramanian -- Settlements and fees in merger litigation / Sean J. Griffith -- Lead plaintiffs and lead counsel in deal litigation / David H. Webber -- The deterrence value of stockholder appraisal / Charles R. Korsmo and Minor Myers -- Tender offers and disclosure : the history and future of the Williams Act / Christina M. Sautter -- Activist stockholders, corporate governance challenges, and Delaware law / Donald F. Parsons, Jr. and Jason S. Tyler -- Short- and long-term investors (and other stakeholders too) : must (and do) their interests conflict? / Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell -- Canadian M&A : a comparative perspective / Christopher C. Nicholls -- Legal transplants in the law of the deal : M&A agreements in India / Afra Afsharipour