Corporate Transaction Financial and Valuation Modeling

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This course is focused on corporate transactions including M&A (mergers and acquisitions) and its valuations. This is intended to provide students a solid understanding of the different dynamics, structuring, legal, and other considerations of corporate M&A transactions and their valuation from both a theoretical and hands-on modeling framework. The course’s materials will well prepare students for careers in M&A, investment banking, and valuation from corporate, financial sponsors, sell-side, and buy-side perspectives. Students will be able to: • Understand and analyze the theory, motivations, structuring, and major processes behind M&A • Model various financial and valuation analyses under complex financial combinations Prerequisite: Foundations of Finance, and Economics of Global Business (or Macroeconomics). Corporate Finance – highly recommended, While not required, other valuation courses such as Investing and Financing In and With China, Equity Valuation, Debt Instruments, etc. and accounting classes such as Financial Statements Analysis, etc. are helpful. This course is an upper-level finance elective. Fulfillment: BUSF Finance elective; BUSM Non-Marketing elective; IMB Business elective.