M&A Theory and Process: A Complete Guide

Everything you need to know about mergers and acquisitions!

4.40 (221 reviews)
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English
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Finance
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2.5 hours
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Aug 2017
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What you will learn

LEARN what mergers and acquisitions are

UNDERSTAND why companies buy each other

LEARN the difference between different type of M&A deals

DIFFERENTIATE friendly and hostile takeovers

LEARN the strategies to defend against hostile takeover

UNDERSTAND how companies buy each other

DIFFERENTIATE financial and strategic investors

GET a very good understanding of an entire M&A process with every single document executed at each stage of the deal

LEARN main responsibilities and duties of analysts/associates at each stage of an M&A transaction

Description

About this Course

M&A Theory and Process: A Complete Guide covers the theoretical parts of Become an M&A Analyst: The Complete Skillset series. 

This course offers 22 lectures across 2 sections where mergers and acquisitions and the complete process of a proper M&A deal is explained with 2.5 hours of extensive video content. 

In M&A theory part, we will be covering all the key concepts about mergers and acquisitions by going through some real life examples and case studies.

In M&A Process part, we will be covering all the key points in a proper M&A deal and all the necessary steps to run a successful M&A process with a focus on analyst/associate level tasks and responsibilities.

There is also 17 quiz questions.

What should you expect from this course?

Students/Career Changers

  • You will understand the concept of mergers and acquisitons and be ready to talk in analyst /associate level M&A interviews with confidence
  • You will became very familiar with a real, proper M&A process and learn all necessary steps with every single document executed each stage of a deal

Business Owners/ Entrepreneurs

  • You will get an in-depth knowledge about what it really means to buy or sell a business / asset and how it is actually executed

Content

Introduction

What this course covers

Section 2: The World of Mergers and Acquisitions

Introduction to Section 2
What is mergers and acquisitions?
Why do companies buy each other?
What are the main types of mergers and acquisitions?
Friendly vs. hostile takeovers
Defending against hostile takeovers
Case Study - A succesfull hostile takeover
Share vs. asset sale
Cash-in vs. cash-out
Financial vs. strategic investors
Section 2 Quiz

M&A Process

Introduction to M&A Process
How the M&A process works
Origination
Preparation - Part 1
Preparation - Part 2
Marketing
Receiving non-binding offers - Part 1
Receiving non-binding offers - Part 2
Due diligence
Binding offers, negotiations and selecting the winner
Closing
M&A parties and their duties
Section 3 Quiz

The End

The End

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Reviews

Dora
September 22, 2022
Usefull content but terrible presentation. I could not listen anymore so I just continued without a sound (basically I only read the presentation, which was interesting). The presentor is struggling with English and thus tempo is far to slow for my taste.
Jimmy
June 2, 2020
Tiene información relevante para el proceso de M&A, no obstante cada clase se limita a una diapositiva que se lee durante la clase, la metodología no es apropiada y podría explicarse con casos de la vida real.
Angela
May 28, 2020
Narrator was difficult to understand, and he basically read verbatim from the slides. Good information, poor presentation
Manuel
December 7, 2019
Pros : + The content is pertinent and explain well the workflow of a M&A; Cons - The container is overall just ok, if not bad : packed text slides reading only; - Mainly based on accurate, but high level theoretical definitions. Could have provide more in-depth details about some important aspects (e.g. due diligence : what can happen? what are the pitfalls? etc.); - With the reading factor taken into account, the pace could have be faster : almost 3 hours that could have easily fit in 2­; - The PDF presentation is not accessible, and thus you can't come back on the content for further reference; A lot of "cons", but it's a good 101 course to understand M&A main guidelines and workflow. If you can cope with a non-dynamic presentation style, it's still a good bang for your buck and would recommend.
Jeff
August 29, 2018
Good high-level content covering a complex and detailed topic. No small feat to pull together and deliver the course material, in my opinion. As a native English speaker, I found the Instructor’s English pronouncation and inflection a bit challenging to understand, at times, and is obviously not his native language. Some constructive criticism: Many of the slides used to deliver the content were very small font and too busy. I realize that strategy served to keep the quantity of slides to a minimum; however, it was a bit distracting in my case and I think less material with a larger font would be more appropriate. Finally, realizing this may not be within the control of the instructor, the written transcript of the instructors commentary is typically a useful and appreciated supplement; however, in this case it is absolutely terrible, to the point of being comical. Although the written translation is needed, unfortunately in this case, it is very distracting and detracts from the overall quality of the course. In fairness to Instructor Ali, I will likely try another one of Ali's courses.
Jenna
January 2, 2018
Content was fine. The excessive movement of the red dot pointer was distracting and annoying. I also did not appreciate that the lecturer referred to listeners as "fellows".
Momo
September 11, 2017
This course is a great start for anyone desiring a career in M&A, I took it and I am very satisfied with the depth and the way Ali present the subject. It helped me a lot to understand the M&A from the begining to the closing of the deal. Thank you so much Ali, I hope you will offer us more courses and share with us your superb experience. thank you again :)

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