ABA – Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/committees/ma/
The Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions (formerly the Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions) is part of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law. Founded in the late 1980s, the Committee has over 3,500 members, including practitioners from 49 states, five Canadian provinces and more than 39 different countries on five continents. The Committee’s primary focus is mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and related transactions. The Committee’s work addresses not only the legal substance of M&A transactions, but also the process of negotiating and documenting them.
IBA – Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law Committee
The committee is responsible for reviewing developments relating to corporate governance, privatizations, joint ventures, as well as the whole range of issues affecting all forms of business organizations from multinationals to listed corporations to private family companies, to partnerships and business trusts. The committee is also following developments for new forms of business organizations such as SAS, LLC and LLP. The committee provides in-depth information and exchange of views on these developments and contributes actively to their implementation through publications and conferences.