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USD School of Law Transactional Law Team Places Second at Nationals

In April 2018, 16 teams, including both University of San Diego School of Law Transactional Law Team, coached by Dean Stephen Ferruolo, competed in the National Championships of the 2018 Transactional LawMeet® hosted by the New York offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. USD School of Law’s 2L team, comprised of second-year students Sara Pike, Roger (Rajdeep) Bains and Kayla Brennan placed second in the national round of the competition. This year’s Transactional LawMeet® case involved an acquisition of all the outstanding capital stock of one company by an affiliate. The seller’s company was based in Philadelphia and was run by the founder and his children. The affiliate was based in Beijing and primarily invested inside of China, but wanted to expand its investments to privately-held companies based in North America and Europe. Each team was asked to draft and negotiate the acquisition agreement for this US $2.25 billion transaction.