Guhan Subramanian

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Tell Your Lawyers What’s at Stake

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Adapted from “From Handshake to Contract: Draft the Right Agreement,” by Guhan Subramanian (professor, Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Experience indicates that communicating with your lawyers the motivations behind a deal is well worth the time. On Wall Street, a common refrain among junior corporate lawyers is that

Professor Subramanian and Professor Bordone featured on Law School Homepage

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PON Executive Committee member, Professor Guhan Subramanian and Harvard Negotiation Mediation Clinical Program director, Professor Robert Bordone recently coached Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School students in a day long negotiation exercise. Information about the exercise is featured on the HLS homepage. Click here to read more.

Negotiators: Don’t Go on a Power Trip

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Adapted from “When You Hold All the Cards,” by Guhan Subramanian (professor, Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

One of your customers has just landed a lucrative new contract, and you’re the only supplier who can add a critical component to that customer’s production process. Concerns about violating your

Negotiation? Auction? A Deal Maker’s Guide

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Guhan Subramanian, Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business, Harvard Law School; Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law, Harvard Business School; Author of Negotiauctions

When you have something to sell, should you hold an auction or negotiate a collaborative deal that delivers maximum value to both sides? In this article, professor Guhan Subramanian compares the risks

Professor Subramanian Featured in NYTimes DealBook

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PON Executive Committee member and author of the book Negotiauctions was featured in the New York Times DealBook discussing the effectiveness of go-shop provisions in contracts. To read the full article, click here.

Professor Subramanian found that “despite the conventional wisdom, go-shops were generally effective and did indeed result in subsequent bids. The one exception

Prof. Guhan Subramanian featured in Forbes India

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Professor Guhan Subramanian was featured in Forbes India in April 2010. Professor Subramanian discusses his latest book Negotiauctions: New Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace, which was published in February 2010.

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Professor Subramanian will be teaching Advanced Negotiation: Deal Design and Implementation at the Harvard Negotiation Institute June 14-18. For

Professor Guhan Subramanian featured in TheDeal.com

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Guhan Subramanian is one of the most prominent — and ambitious — legal academics of his generation. The 39-year-old is the only person who’s ever held tenured positions at Harvard’s law and business schools, and on the side he advises companies on M&A and corporate governance. After authoring numerous academic papers and a corporate law

Program on Negotiation saddened by the loss of 2007 Great Negotiator, Bruce Wasserstein

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The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School was saddened to learn of the death of Bruce Wasserstein, PON’s 2007 Great Negotiator. The Great Negotiator Award is  given to recognize an individual whose lifetime achievements in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution have had a significant and lasting impact. Wasserstein, Chairman and CEO of 

Go-Shops vs. No-Shops in Private Equity Deals: Evidence and Implications

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HLS/HBS Professor Guhan Subramanian’s article, Go-Shops vs. No-Shops in Private Equity Deals: Evidence and Implications, was published in the May 2008 issue of The Business Lawyer. In the article, he presents the first systematic empirical evidence on the effect of the go-shop clauses on deal process and deal outcomes. Read the abstract.