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Using Legal Project Management in Merger and Acquisition Transactions

Using Legal Project Management in Merger and Acquisition Transactions

Author: Byron S Kalogerou; Dennis John White
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781634254687
Published In: April 2016
Format: Paperback , 135 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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To meet the increasing demands for transparency and efficiency in the deal process and predictability of legal costs in M&A, this new Guidebook contains tools to help M&A lawyers streamline and manage transactions, without overlooking important matters or compromising the quality of their legal services. Complete with practical guidance from veteran M&A practitioners, this valuable resource outlines each step of the M&A process, from “Pre-Deal,” “Deal,” to “Post-Closing,” offering insight to help deal lawyers effectively scope, plan, manage, and execute M&A deals. The Guidebook contains downloadable checklists, forms, and tools that you can customize to implement legal project management in your M&A practice.

Using Legal Practice Management in Merger and Acquisition Transactions is a new guidebook written by seasoned M&A practitioners that will help you work faster and smarter, meeting the demands of increasingly sophisticated clients and keeping pace with today’s dynamic legal marketplace. As a practical resource, this guide contains essential tools that deal lawyers can consult, customize, and adapt as they effectively scope, plan, manage, and execute M&A transactions. Deal velocity continues to accelerate as a result of advances in technology, instant communication and virtual due diligence and closings. To respond to this velocity in the deal cycle and increasing demands for predictability of legal costs in transactional matters, this resource provides you with tools to help meet such demands, without overlooking important matters or otherwise compromising the quality of legal service you provide.

Organized by three deal phases, namely “PreDeal,” “Deal,” and “Post-Closing,” and by user, be it the client, the law firm, or the opposing counsel, this guidebook includes:

A menu of alternative fee arrangements for M&A deals, tools for conducting post matter assessments and a set of suggested M&A billing codes
Valuable guidance on using legal practice management in your firm to increase organizational and communications framework that enables law firms and in-house counsel to better plan, manage, and execute M&A transactions
A companion website available to purchasers to keep you updated on this evolving area of the M&A law practice
Downloadable checklists, forms and tools, including two billing tools, you can customize to implement legal project management in your M&A practice