Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Mergers and Acquisitions: Advanced Theory
New York Institute of Finance
This online course delved deeper into the major facets of the mergers & acquisitions industry and the skills engaged in executing transactions from a deal’s inception to post-merger integration. The course outlined the main finance sources in the M&A industry, explored the involvement of investment banks in negotiating and advising clients in M&A deals and considered the viewpoint of the seller in M&A transactions.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Anton Theunissen
Managing Director
New York Institute of Finance
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the types of takeover defenses
- Demonstrate how to disclose an acquisition
- Identify the purpose, advantages, and disadvantages of the Letter of Intent
- Interpret the meaning of the First Offer
- Explain the steps involved in the Sale process
- Evaluate how to use an Investment Bank
- Explore the seller's viewpoint
- Investigate Contingent Payments
- Summarise New Debt, New Equity, and Private Equity
- Identify the M&A Finance sources
- Explore the list of synergies developed by the Investment Bank and Buyer
- Interpret the concepts of Affordability and Earnings per Share Dilution
- Identify the concepts of M&A Financial Accounting
Syllabus
Week 1 - M&A Finance and The Seller’s Viewpoint
Financial accounting, projections, how to finance the deal, and the seller’s viewpoint
Week 2 - Case studies and further lessons
Explore the seller’s viewpoint through case studies, then explore in more depth first offers, disclosure, hostile takeover defenses and private equity
Issued on 12th March 2019
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