Mergers & Acquisitions - Structuring the Deal
Understanding practical transaction structures for Mergers and Acquisitions and their financial tax, legal and accounting implications.
CPE Credits: 7
This course is a component of the M&A Professional Certificate
Prerequisite knowledge:
- Solid knowledge of financial statement analysis
- Basics of corporate finance (TVM, cash flows, and discounting)
- Excel skills
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Module 1: Structuring the Mergers & Acquisitions deal
- Legal structures
- Tax structures
- Accounting
- Letter of Intent
- Seller paper, earn outs, hope certificates
- Special cases
- Tax loss mergers
- Break-up/sum-of-the-parts/split-offs
- LBOs
- Roll-ups, consolidation plays
- Distressed (Bankruptcy) M&A
- Special Purpose Acquisition Corp. (SPAC), Blind pool
- Reverse merger, backdoor IPO