Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring

Catalog description

The course discusses the theories and empirical evidence on mergers and acquisitions and presents financial modeling tools for evaluating mergers and acquisitions. Topics include reasons for mergers and acquisitions, type of mergers, what causes merger wave, takeover tactics, leveraged buyout and valuation. The course will involve the application of what the student may have learned in courses such as finance and accounting. As part of pre-class preparation and in-class discussion, students will be asked to solve both quantitative and qualitative problems and to analyze both publicly traded and privately owned companies involving valuing synergy, control premiums, and leveraged buy-outs. Restriction(s): For MS Finance students only.