The Complete Mergers & Acquisitions Master Class!

Your Comprehensive Guide to become an Expert of M&A in a very dynamic globalized Business World, ACE THE DEAL!

What you'll learn
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) - Business valuation - Business analysis - Business growth - Business decision-making
Corporate strategy - Due Diligence - Market and competition analysis - corporate culture - Anti-trust & Anti-Monopoly laws
Requirements
Have an idea about business, Accounting and Finance
Microsoft Excel basics
You must have passion as well!
Description
Please leave me alone !!!!!!!!!!!Why would I take that course and learn Mergers and Acquisitions ?????????????????????A good question, but if you think that your company is far away from mergers and Acquisitions, you are wrong!!!What wrong? why do you say so Sam?Because, all companies are looking for synergies and alliances to strengthen their position in the market. Mergers and acquisition can provide a safe path for growing businesses. Look around you, read Finance articles and watch Business shows, you would know that mergers and Acquisitions are closer to you than you might think. If you search for past Mergers and Acquisitions deals, you would believe my words. Look at the Chinese and American markets and see how many deals took place already and how many cases are under negotiations by now?It's time to learn the concepts of M&A and equip yourself with the necessary skills to be ready, in case your company decided to go into Mergers and Acquisitions!What are you waiting for? let's hop right in !!!!Mergers and Acquisitions explained step by step and made easy. Topics covered are:Mergers and Acquisition definitionsTypes of Mergers and Acquisition from multiple anglesLegal aspects of Mergers and AcquisitionsSynergies and benefits of M&ADrawbacks of M&APre-acquisition steps Post-Acquisition stepsBusiness valuation techniques and approaches with practical examplesFunding and Consideration sourcesM&A negotiations and managerial tacticsOrganic corporate growthCorporate life cycleTax implications of M&AAnti-trust and anti-monopoly lawsTechniques to counter attack a hostile AcquisitionDue Diligence for a target companyBusiness analysis and techniques Corporate strategy and planningPast Mergers and Acquisition transactions' statisticsSome successful M&A real cases in detail and many other thingsRecommendations and quick wins to managers

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Table Of Contents

Lecture 2 Course overview

Lecture 3 Expectations out of the course

Lecture 4 Tutor's intro

Section 2: What are Mergers and Acquisition

Lecture 5 Doubt over definitions of M&A

Lecture 6 Acquisition definition

Lecture 7 Mergers definition

Section 3: Legal aspects of M&A

Lecture 8 Legal form of Acquisitions

Lecture 9 Legal form of Mergers

Lecture 10 Legal Integeration Forms

Section 4: Types of Mergers and Acquisitions (based on industry, products, and services)

Lecture 11 Types of M&A based on industry

Lecture 12 Vertical M&A

Lecture 13 Vertical M&A example

Lecture 14 Horizontal M&A

Lecture 15 Conglomerate M&A

Lecture 16 Conglomerate M&A and risk

Lecture 17 Concentric M&A

Lecture 18 Pre-Acquisition Checklist

Section 5: Types of Mergers and Acquisitions (based on company form)

Lecture 19 Types of M&A based on company form

Lecture 20 Private target company

Lecture 21 Public target company

Lecture 22 Engagement & Coming together!

Section 6: Friendly or hostile take-over?

Lecture 23 Friendly or hostile take-over

Lecture 24 Friendly take-over

Lecture 25 Hostile take-over

Section 7: How to resist a hostile take-over?

Lecture 26 Techniques to counter attack a hostile take over

Lecture 27 Golden Parachute

Lecture 28 Poison Pill

Lecture 29 Self-Tender

Lecture 30 Greenmail

Lecture 31 Pac-Man

Lecture 32 White Knight

Lecture 33 Asset Spinoff

Lecture 34 People Pill technique

Section 8: Pre-acquisition steps

Lecture 35 pre-acquisition steps brief

Lecture 36 Determine Growth Markets/Services

Lecture 37 Identify Merger and Acquisition Candidates

Lecture 38 Assess Strategic Financial Position and Fit

Lecture 39 Make a Go/No Decision

Lecture 40 Perform business Valuation

Lecture 41 Perform Due Diligence, Negotiate , and Execute Transaction

Lecture 42 Real life engagement case scenario

Section 9: Post-acquisition steps

Lecture 43 Post-acquisition steps

Lecture 44 Top Executives & Stakeholders

Lecture 45 Diligence Team Members

Lecture 46 Human Resources (HR)

Lecture 47 A Change Management Expert team

Lecture 48 Post-Acquisition Checklist

Section 10: Synergies and benefits of M&A

Lecture 49 Synergies of M&A

Lecture 50 Cost synergies

Lecture 51 Revenue synergies

Lecture 52 Financial synergies

Lecture 53 Marketing synergies

Section 11: Disadvantages of M&A

Lecture 54 Disadvantages of M&A

Lecture 55 Clash of Cultures

Lecture 56 Diseconomies of Scale

Lecture 57 Consumer Perceptions

Lecture 58 The Layoffs Dilemma

Lecture 59 Higher Consumer Prices

Lecture 60 Economies vs diseconomies of scale!

Section 12: Modes of Payment & Deal settlement

Lecture 61 Payment modes

Lecture 62 Cash payment

Lecture 63 Securities payment

Lecture 64 Fixed shares or Fixed value approach?

Lecture 65 Leveraged buyout

Section 13: Organic growth & Corporate life cycle

Lecture 66 Organic Growth

Lecture 67 Corporate life cycle

Lecture 68 At what stage M&A is preferred

Lecture 69 Decision to go for M&A

Lecture 70 Growth opportunity Case study - CEO

Section 14: Valuation Techniques & Tactics

Lecture 71 Valuation Techniques

Lecture 72 Assets based Valuation

Lecture 73 Assets based valuation example

Lecture 74 Income based valuation technique

Lecture 75 Income based valuation example

Lecture 76 Income-Based Valuation Example Advanced

Lecture 77 Market based valuation technique

Lecture 78 Market based valuation example

Lecture 79 Business Goodwill!

Section 15: Quick wins

Lecture 80 Cash Vs Shares settlement

Lecture 81 Single-bidder Vs Multi-bidders target co

Lecture 82 Big Vs Small target co

Section 16: Past M&A statistics & Trends

Lecture 83 Ranking of top 10 Mergers and Acquisitions

Lecture 84 Number and value of cross border M&A

Lecture 85 Number and value of hostile M&A

Lecture 86 M&A number and value per country

Lecture 87 Number and value of mergers of equals

Lecture 88 Number and value of mega M&A

Lecture 89 Past M&A deals in India

Section 17: Real Market Cases, WIN-WIN Deals

Lecture 90 Disney and Pixar/ Marvel Acquisition

Lecture 91 Google and Android Acquisition

Lecture 92 Pfizer and Warner Lambert Acquisition

Section 18: Business analysis - PORTERS 5 FORCES

Lecture 93 Porter's 5 Forces

Lecture 94 Threats of new entrants

Lecture 95 Threats of substitutes

Lecture 96 Bargaining power of customers

Lecture 97 Bargaining power of suppliers

Lecture 98 Competitive rivalry

Section 19: Business analysis - PESTEL Model

Lecture 99 PESTEL technique

Lecture 100 Political aspects

Lecture 101 Economical aspects

Lecture 102 Socio-cultural aspects

Lecture 103 Technological aspects

Lecture 104 Environmental aspects

Lecture 105 Legal aspects

Section 20: Business analysis - SWOT Model

Lecture 106 SWOT analysis overview

Lecture 107 SWOT analysis continued

Lecture 108 Strengths aspect

Lecture 109 Weaknesses aspect

Lecture 110 Opportunities aspect

Lecture 111 Opportunities continued

Lecture 112 Threats aspect

Lecture 113 Case Study

Section 21: Deal Negotiations and Managerial Tactics

Lecture 114 The Letter Of Intent (LOI)

Lecture 115 Negotiations after The Letter Of Intent (LOI)

Lecture 116 Importance of Negotiations

Lecture 117 What to do before negotiations start?

Lecture 118 What to do during negotiations?

Lecture 119 What to do after negotiations?

Lecture 120 Covid-19 & Europe

Section 22: Deal Structure & Tax Implications

Lecture 121 Tax impacts and consequences of M&A

Lecture 122 Stock purchase transaction

Lecture 123 Pros & Cons of Stock purchase transaction

Lecture 124 Assets purchase transaction

Lecture 125 Pros & Cons of Assets purchase transaction

Section 23: Role of Investment Banking In M&A

Lecture 126 Investment Banking Overview

Lecture 127 Levels Of Engagement With Investment Banking

Lecture 128 Role of Investment Banking In M&A

Lecture 129 Business Valuation Services

Lecture 130 Provision of Financing

Lecture 131 Value Creation not value destruction

Lecture 132 Confidential Information Memorandum

Lecture 133 Investment Teaser

Section 24: Management buyout (MBO) & buy-in (MBI)

Lecture 134 Unlike a normal M&A transaction

Lecture 135 Management Buyout (MBO)

Lecture 136 Management Buy-In (MBI)

Section 25: Anti-trust & Anti-monopoly laws

Lecture 137 What is anti-trust laws

Lecture 138 Extracts from AntI- trust laws

Section 26: M&A and Intellectual Property Rights

Lecture 139 What is Intellectual Property?

Lecture 140 IP-Related Issues!

Section 27: M&A and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Lecture 141 M&A and ERM

Lecture 142 Areas to be Analyzed by ERM Team

Lecture 143 Failed M&A due to Lack of ERM

Section 28: Wrapping up and Conclusion

Lecture 144 Wrapping up and conclusion

Lecture 145 Wrap up

Lecture 146 Conclusion

Section 29: Multiple Lectures

Lecture 147 M&A- It's like marriage!!

Lecture 148 Power of customers over companies!

Lecture 149 Change management team

Lecture 150 Covid-19 and Corporate Risk Management

Section 30: Final assessment

Business & law students, Accountants, Finance officers, Finance managers, Business analysts, Financial analysts, Entrepreneurs, any one interested in business,Enthusiasts and Aspirants in the field of Business, Law, Accounts, Finance, and Entrepreneurship