Primer for Entrepreneurs, Investors, CEOs and CFOs - Driving the Win-Win: Private Company Acquisitions and SalesMonday, February 6, 2012 (Originally scheduled for Monday, January 30)
On behalf of The Wharton Club of Northern California, we are delighted to welcome you to a discussion led by Lawrence Chu and Denny Kwon. Questions as follows will be discussed:
- What structural options exist for private company sales and acquisitions?
- What legal issues may cloud price certainty for buyers or sellers?
- How can last-minute pitfalls be mitigated before closure?
Lawrence Chu and Denny Kwon are Partners in the Merger and Acquisition practice of the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., San Francisco. Larry's transaction experience includes tender and exchange offers, carve-out transactions, asset acquisitions and dispositions, recapitalizations, management buyouts and going-private transactions, joint venture arrangements, and strategic alliances and minority investments. Denny has represented numerous public and private companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in a wide range of transactions.
Register Online Date: Monday, February 6, 2012 (Originally scheduled for Monday, January 30)
Time: 6:00pm Networking; 7:00pm Talk
Location: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Cost: WCNC members and accompanied guests: $20 per person. Members of affiliated clubs and accompanied guests: $20 per person. Non-member alumni and other guests: $40 per person. Registrations after 4:00pm on Friday, February 3 are an extra $10 per ticket. Cancellations after Friday, February 3 at the discretion of the WCNC. No charge for Wharton Club Gold Ticket Members (but remember as always to register via the above 'Register Online' link.)
Lawrence M. ChuLarry Chu is a partner in the mergers and acquisitions practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He has represented numerous domestic and foreign public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, and corporate finance transactions across various industries, including technology and telecom, biotechnology, oil and gas, industrial products, banking and financial services, and asset management. He has also represented a number of private equity funds in connection with the acquisition of, and investment in, certain public and private portfolio companies, as well as banking clients in connection with their roles as financial advisor and dealer/manager on M&A transactions.
Larry's transaction experience includes public and private mergers and acquisitions, tender and exchange offers, carve-out transactions, asset acquisitions and dispositions, recapitalizations, management buyouts and going-private transactions, joint venture arrangements, and strategic alliances and minority investments. In addition, Larry has extensive experience in respect of cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Larry practiced in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets practice groups at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, New York, and London, England.
Denny KwonDenny Kwon is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's mergers and acquisitions practice. Denny has represented numerous public and private companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in a wide range of M&A transactions. His transactional experience includes the acquisition and sale of domestic and foreign public companies, private companies, divisions, and other assets for cash, stock, and other consideration, structured as mergers, stock sales, asset sales, mergers of equals, leveraged buy-outs, going-private transactions, tender offers, unsolicited offers, and proxy contests. He also has counseled clients in connection with other strategic transactions, such as spin-offs, joint ventures, and minority investments.
Prior to joining the firm, Denny was associated with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York.
