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 | Module I - An Overview of Fundamentals |  | 
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 | 1 |  |  |  | An Overview of Key Players, Their Legal Responsibilities and Early Roles |  |  | 
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 | 2 and 3 |  |  |  | Tax Considerations in Deal Structures (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 4 |  |  |  | Putting the Deal Together (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 5 |  |  |  | Employment Law: The Perspectives of Key Employees and of the Corporation as an Employer (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 6 |  |  |  | LBOs and the Perspective of Financial Sponsors |  |  | 
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 | Module II - Some Complications | 
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 | 7 |  |  |  | Intellectual Property as an Asset; Selling and Buying the Hi-tech Start-up (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 8 |  |  |  | The Legal Liability of Managers and Board Members (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 9 |  |  |  | Antitrust Concerns and Regulatory Clearance (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 10 |  |  |  | The Distressed Company (PDF) |  |  | 
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 | 11 and 12 |  |  |  | Some Complex Deal Terms, Including Issues That Arise in the Purchase of a Publicly-Held Company |  |  | 
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 | 13 |  |  |  | Wrap-up |  |  | 
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