This lecture on corporate law focuses on the advanced stages of a corporation's life cycle beyond formation and governance. It explains financing mechanisms, detailing equity through various stock types and debt through bonds, and their implications for control and risk. The discussion then shifts to corporate restructuring, covering mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, and asset sales, including required approvals and dissenting shareholder rights. Finally, the lecture examines corporate dissolution, both voluntary and involuntary, and the process of winding up affairs and distributing assets, highlighting potential legal complexities and practical considerations.
Law School