Legal opinions in business transactions
By: Arthur Norman Field, Jeffrey M. Smith
Contributors: Smith, Jeffrey M., 1947- author; Practising Law Institute
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Practising Law Institute
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781402422010
Subjects: Business enterprises; Law and legislation; Legal opinions
Notes: "Chapters 1-9 of this treatise are based on 'Legal opinions in corporate transactions', volume C6 of Business Law Monographs, by Arthur Norman Field, copyright ©2002 by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc."--Title page verso.

Paperbound revision of the second edition, which was issued in loose-leaf format.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: volume 1. Opinion letter practice; title: volume 2. Opinion letters in regulated and special situations; title: volume 3. Risk management and opinion resources.; title: Third-party closing opinions; basic concepts, duties and roles --; title: Vocabulary and usage in third-party closing opinion practice --; title: Underlying assumptions shape third-party closing opinion practice --; title: The thought process of the third-party closing opinion preparer: emulating the hypothetical contemporaneous court --; title: Establishing facts and the use of factual assumptions --; title: The remedies opinion --; title: Agreements, third-party closing opinions and multi-jurisdictional transactions --; title: General form of third-party closing opinion letters --; title: Some characteristic third-party closing opinions --; title: Third-party closing opinion letters: the role of recipient's attorney --; title: Opinion preparer's handling of opinion requests and the overall opinion situation --; title: Diligence about non-corporate entities and arrangements --; title: Closing opinions to clients --; title: Getting started: an outline for those beginning to learn about opinions --; title: Bankruptcy opinions --; title: Business acquisitions opinions --; title: Delaware third-party closing opinions: an outline on basic Delaware corporation and limited liability company opinions --; title: Corporate trust opinions --; title: Municipal bond opinions --; title: Remedies opinions in commercial real estate financing transactions --; title: Securities law opinions --; title: Security interest opinions under U.C.C. Article 9 --; title: Tax opinions --; title: The opinion committee: internal standards for opinion giving; risk and quality control --; title: Ethics and professional liability --; title: Handling liability claims.