Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions
The Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions examines corporate, securities, tax, antitrust, and other legal and economic issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions. An important part of the Center's mission is to periodically sponsor continuing legal education programs addressing these issues.
Faculty Leadership
Professor Samuel C. Thompson Jr. directs Penn State Dickinson Law’s Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also the Arthur Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar. He teaches mergers and acquisitions, focusing on corporate, securities, tax, accounting, and antitrust aspects of these very complex transactions. He also periodically teaches basic federal income tax, international tax, and corporate tax.
Thompson has served as a consultant on merger and acquisition issues to the Federal Trade Commission, a professor in residence at the European Commission’s Antitrust Merger Taskforce in Brussels, and an Attorney Fellow in the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has presented tax policy testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Treasury, and the IRS.
Thompson’s publications include the following three books, which are published by the Practicing Law Institute, and updated annually: Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers (six vols.); Business Tax Deskbook (two vols.); and Corporate Valuation in Mergers and Acquisitions.