This compact Law in a Nutshell: Corporate Finance text is the perfect companion for law students and practitioners, providing a concise yet systematic overview of corporate finance from both a business and legal perspective. The title is an up-to-date and comprehensive guide covering the entire field of corporate finance–from accounting and valuation concepts to the legal and financial underpinnings of debt securities, preferred and common stock, derivative instruments, and business combinations. It also provides sample valuation problems, answers, and explanations. Written in “plain-English,” you will find the work particularly useful, with or without any business background.
Table of Contents includes:
 Distinctions Between Publicly–Traded and Privately–Held Companies;
Working With Financial Statements;
Time Value of Money;
Future Value and Present Value;
Bond Valuation;
Valuing Companies;
Efficient Capital Market Hypothesis (ECMH);
Valuation in the Courtroom;
Measures of Risk;
Derivative Instruments;
Debt Holders;
Preferred Stockholders;
Protecting the Conversion Rights of Convertible Security Holders;
Common Stockholders;
Fundamental Concepts;
Federal Law Aspects;
State Law Aspects.
Don't let their small size fool you: West's Law in a Nutshell series represents the depth and breadth of the law in over a hundred different areas. Nutshells have a loyal following who swear by their succinct and easy to understand treatment of the law, and this particular title is a great illustration that learning the law doesn't have to be dry and confusing. |
