Delivering Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Success: A Guide by Practitioners
Queen Mary University of London via Coursera
Overview
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Navigating a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) can feel overwhelming: whether you are:
- an entrepreneur preparing to buy or sell a business;
- a corporate leader looking to grow or restructure your business;
- a professional adviser wanting to better understand the bigger picture in M&A; or
- someone interested in pursuing a career in M&A.
Most Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) courses focus on one or two specific aspects of deals, such as financial models or negotiation – leaving teams to figure out the rest of the messy, interconnected reality on their own.
“Delivering Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Success: a Guide by Practitioners” changes that by offering a holistic roadmap through the entire transaction lifecycle: from beginning a deal and setting the strategy, through due diligence and risk allocation, to post-completion integration and locking in ‘value delivery’.
What sets this course apart is its practical, experienced based perspective. It is delivered by seasoned experts who have over 45 years of collective global experience of delivering M&A deals - across more than 50 countries. The curriculum gives practical tips and insights from experience of managing M&A deals: going beyond generic approaches to focus on the real-world frameworks, potential pitfalls and best practices that dictate deal success.
You will finish this course equipped to ask the right questions, anticipate risks, set the right priorities, and adopt an approach that seamlessly connects the dots on your M&A deal. No matter your background or industry, this is your guide for safeguarding and maximising deal value.
Syllabus
- MODULE 1 - Setting Up for Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Success
- Introduction and overview of the course, ensuring there is a clear roadmap for learners to follow and that they understand the “bigger picture” on their deals.
- MODULE 2 - Making Your Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Deal a Reality
- Ensuring the context in which an acquisition or divestment is pursued is well understood and that any showstoppers are identified as early as possible.
- MODULE 3 - Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Process
- Demystifying and examining the technical phases of an acquisition and divestment, including different ways to pursue the sales process, due diligence, structuring, risk allocation and negotiations
- MODULE 4 - Delivering Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Deal Value
- Deal integration/ implementation in the context of the whole deal process. Effectively pursuing what is required to close out the deal (regulatory compliance, closing activities, post closing considerations and arrangements). The key stages and challenges of integration:-
- CONCLUSION
- Recap on major takeaways from the course and useful tools to help you navigate an M&A deal
Taught by
Julienne Baron and Mark Gallagher