Kevin R. Douglas is an assistant professor at MSU College of Law, where he teaches Business Enterprises, Business Ethics, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Before joining the faculty, Professor Douglas was a visiting assistant professor at Antonin Scalia Law School. His research and scholarship focus on how moral principles motivate business organization law and securities regulation.
Professor Douglas is a Business Associations Review Board Member of the National Conference of Bar Examiners and a member of the Texas Bar. Before transitioning to academia, he was an associate in the corporate transactions practice group of a law firm in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Stanford Law School and has received both a Bachelor of Science in Management and a Master of Business Administration from Florida A&M University.
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J.D. Stanford Law School
B.Sc. and M.B.A. Florida A&M University
Business Enterprises
This course deals with issues relating to common forms of business organization, including corporations, limited liability companies and closely held corporations. The four credit version of Business Enterprises also includes an introduction to mergers and acquisitions.
Corporate Finance
(Formerly DCL 380)
In Corporate Finance the principles of accounting and valuation and the basic financial environment of closely held companies and public companies will be examined. Building on this foundation, the fundamental issues surrounding common stock, preferred stock and debt will be analyzed. Finally, all these fundamentals will be applied in examining financial issues with mergers and acquisitions and tender offers and in understanding how "deals" are done. Students who have not taken Business Enterprises are permitted to enroll in this course if they are simultaneously enrolled in Business Enterprises.
Mergers and Acquisitions
(Formerly DCL 505)
Overview of issues relating to business combinations. The course includes a transactional perspective on mergers and acquisitions, with some consideration of the social and economic significance of business combinations. Attention will be paid to relevant statutes, negotiation, acquisition documents, valuation methodologies, and characteristic problems in negotiated acquisitions, in addition to careful examination of takeover defenses and Delaware case law. Simulations and drafting exercises may be a component.
