The Advanced Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions

With a Side Dish of Accounting, Corporate Law & Corporate Finance

Created by: Jerome ("J") Egan
Professor of Business, Law & Economics

What Will I Learn?

• Understand the difference between a “merger" and an "acquisition”.
• Get a "Crash Course" in the accounting, finance, and legal principles underlying M&A.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk in an M&A transaction.
• Learn the ways in which an Acquiror can purchase a Target.
• Understand the different forms of acquisition consideration.
• Learn about hostile takeovers.
• Understand the most significant takeover defenses.
• Learn three primary ways in which an Acquiror might purchase a Target.

Requirements

• This course assumes a basic understanding of accounting and corporate finance.

Target audience

• Someone with an intermediate/advanced level of business knowledge who is interested in learning more about M&A transactions through a thorough introduction to the subject.
• Current business and law students who are taking/planning to take an M&A course.
• Those currently working in a business or legal position who want to accelerate their career and/or expand their base of knowledge.
• Those with an advanced level of business knowledge who want to focus on M&A.