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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year, the ABA is starting the very first M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) negotiation competition and Campbell was specifically invited to submit a team (or two).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are intersted in this amazing opportunity, please review the information about the competition in the attached document and then:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fill out the first page of the attached PDF with your name and contact information. You can send this as a team or as
an individual student (as we have some individual students who expressed interest but could not find a teammate).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Write a one-page (12 pt font) statement of interest to participate in the competition, if you apply as a team (half a
page statement if you apply as an individual student). This statement should address (i) any corporate or transactional experience you have had to date, including classes taken, externships and professional experience prior to law school or while in law school,
(ii) your professional goals after graduating from law school, (iii) why you are interested in participating in this competition, and (iv) any other information you would like to share with the committee reviewing applications. Do not include your name(s)
on the statement.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send your application and statement to Professors Cline and Papadima by midnight on November 1. If you have time, please
also send your Campbell Law transcripts (if you don’t have time, that’s fine).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There will be no tryouts. Professors Cline and Papadima will select one or two teams and forward the applications and
statements of those selected to the ABA by November 6. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ABA will determine if one or both of the teams will be invited to participate in the competition. The ABA currently
expects a total of 8 teams for this first edition of the competition. The ABA might also provide you with a coach from among its members, but you’ll also have Professors Cline and Papadima as resources. Professor Papadima will be offering an M&A class in Spring
2024 and Professor Newell will be offering a negotiation class in Spring 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are among the final 4 teams after the online phase of the competition, travel to California at the end of January
2024 to hang out and network with the ABA M&A Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Papadima
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C45911;mso-ligatures:none">Raluca Papadima, LL.M., Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Campbell University School of Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Raleigh, NC 27603</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:rpapadima@campbell.edu"><span style="color:blue">rpapadima@campbell.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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