The series is a mix of live interactive webcasts and on-demand modules offering an intensive but basic introduction to the legal aspects of the M&A world. It provides a foundation in M&A terminology, deal structure, key acquisition agreement provisions (focusing primarily on acquisitions of privately held businesses), due diligence, and more.

The Boot Camp program utilizes innovative teaching methods, including illustrative interactive negotiations and semi-animated training cartoons, and includes a comprehensive set of M&A training materials.

The course will be taught by Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's market-leading Silicon Valley M&A team consisting of partners Rick Climan, Keith Flaum, and Jane Ross. Listen to the welcome message for law students to hear more about the M&A Boot Camp.

You will earn a Certificate of Graduation if you receive a passing score on the open-book final exam.

M&A Boot Camp training materials will be available in the fall of 2026.

Each on-demand module is about 1.5 hours in length. The total estimated time that Boot Camp participants should plan on devoting to the program, including time spent previewing materials to prepare for each on-demand session and time spent viewing all sessions, is 10 to 12 hours over the course of about seven weeks — less than two hours per week. You can go through it at a time and pace that fits your schedule within the M&A Boot Camp program dates. The live webcasts are recorded and available to watch at your convenience.

View the easy-to-digest cartoons from our quarterly M&A Forums:

Each session is expected to be eligible for the following CLE credit:

• California 1.5 General
• New York 1.5 Professional Practice
• Texas 1.5 General
• Universal credits 1.5 General

A numerical code will be shown during each session. Record the code on the CLE affirmation form for each session and submit to ClientCLE@hlc.com. A Certificate of Graduation is not required to obtain CLE credits. CLE affirmation forms:

• Introduction to M&A
• Structuring the acquisition of a privately held business
• Live mid-term webcast (.5 credit)
• Introduction to the definitive acquisition agreement; negotiating and drafting representations and warranties
• Negotiating and drafting pre-closing covenants and walk rights
• Negotiating and drafting indemnification provisions; negotiation cartoons

As a Boot Camp registrant, you have free access to M&A videos from Hotshot, a provider of digital learning for the legal industry. These videos provide supplemental information which you may find useful.

The Hotshot M&A videos are OPTIONAL. They are not a required part of the M&A Boot Camp curriculum. You will not be tested on them, and you do not need to view them in order to  receive a Certificate of Graduation. You may view the optional Hotshot videos via the Hotshot learning track. Learn more about Hotshot at hotshotlegal.com.

Questions? Contact m&abootcamp@hlc.com.