This course is designed for professionals working in investment banking, corporate
development, private equity, and other areas of corporate finance that deal with analyzing M&A
transactions
WHAT WILL SET YOU APART
This advanced financial modeling course has several objectives including:
Learn how to structure an M&A model in the most efficient way
Set up all the assumptions and drivers required to build out the M&A model
Calculate all the necessary adjusting entries required to create a post-transaction balance
sheet
Integrate the acquirer and the target into a pro forma model
Calculate the accretion or dilution of key per-share metrics post-transaction
Perform sensitivity analysis on key assumptions and assess the overall impact of the
transaction
COURSE CURRICULUM
The rationale for Corporate Growth by Take-overs
The Rationale for Specific Transactions: Synergies & Benefits
Due Diligence: Friendly and Hostile Deals
Planning for M&A
Structuring Transactions: Shares or assets?
Structuring Transactions: Valuing & Financing the Transaction?
Post-merger integration
Public Offers: The Rules
Public Offers: The Timetables
Public Offers: Bidder Strategies & Tactics (recommended and hostile bids)
Public Offers: Target Strategies & Tactics (hostile bids)
Private Transactions: Setting the Scene
Public Offers: Target Strategies & Tactics (hostile bids)
Key aspects (acquisition versus disposing)
Private Transactions: the 4 Key Stages (sell-side)