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M&A Analysis

Master the full M&A lifecycle: strategic rationale, deal structure and payment forms, synergy valuation, due diligence and purchase agreements, hostile takeover tactics and defenses, merger arbitrage, post-merger integration, spin-offs and divestitures, and the regulatory and antitrust framework governing transactions.

Before this course

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DCF Valuation in Practice · Comparable Company Analysis

Lessons in this course

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  1. 01Strategic Rationale: Why Companies Merge
  2. 02Accretion/Dilution: Does the Deal Help or Hurt EPS?
  3. 03Deal Structure: Cash, Stock, or Both?
  4. 04Merger Arbitrage: Profiting from Deal Spreads
  5. 05Post-Merger Integration: Where Deals Succeed or Fail
  6. 06Hostile Takeovers and Defense Mechanisms
  7. 07Synergy Valuation and the Control Premium
  8. 08Due Diligence and Purchase Agreement Mechanics
  9. 09Spin-Offs and Corporate Divestitures
  10. 10Regulatory and Antitrust Considerations
  11. 11M&A Auction Process
  12. 12Negotiated M&A and Topping-Bid Dynamics
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