Welcome
to the Penn State Dickinson School of Law Center for
the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions. The
Center, headed by
Samuel C. Thompson Jr.,
former director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions, examines corporate, securities, tax, antitrust, and other legal and economic issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions. An important part of the Center's mission is to sponsor continuing legal education programs addressing these issues.
In October 2007, Penn State Dickinson and the New York City Bar co-sponsored the Fourth Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities, and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions. The Institute, which was co-chaired by Professor Thompson and H. Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, was held at the Bar's facility in New York City. Sessions provided penetrating analyses of recent developments in this very dynamic area; speakers at the Institute included some of the world's leading M&A attorneys, investment bankers, and governmental officials.
