In a post-pandemic world, companies across the globe are constantly looking to expand and grow their businesses. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) offers many ways to achieve this goal. Through this 6-course specialization in Mergers and Acquisitions, you will gain a well-rounded knowledge of key concepts that form the foundations of a successful M&A deal.
The courses in this specialization focus on types of M&A deals and complex organizational structures. Topics covered include:
How to value and price M&A deals Understand financial modeling and capital structure Understand complex organizational structures through the lens of financial accounting Understand the foundational elements of financial statement and ratio analysis Examine practical applications of financial analysis and valuation techniques
Overview
Syllabus
Course 1: Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions: Valuation and Pricing
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course teaches how to value and price M&A deals and to choose the optimal financing ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions: Designing an M&A Deal
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course focuses on the theory and practice of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Foundations
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Advanced Topics
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: Investment Banking: Financial Analysis and Valuation
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course will provide students the key building blocks required for a career in ... Enroll for free.
Course 6: Investment Banking: M&A and Initial Public Offerings
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course focuses on examining various practical applications of the fundamental ... Enroll for free.
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course teaches how to value and price M&A deals and to choose the optimal financing ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions: Designing an M&A Deal
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course focuses on the theory and practice of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Foundations
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Advanced Topics
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: Investment Banking: Financial Analysis and Valuation
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course will provide students the key building blocks required for a career in ... Enroll for free.
Course 6: Investment Banking: M&A and Initial Public Offerings
- Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course focuses on examining various practical applications of the fundamental ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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This course teaches how to value and price M&A deals and to choose the optimal financing mix for an M&A deal. The course focuses on all the major types of M&A deals including strategic M&A, private equity leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and restructuring deals such as spinoffs and asset transfers.
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This course focuses on the theory and practice of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a focus on the Finance. The Finance of M&A uses tools from different areas of Finance to help managers and investment bankers design successful M&A deals. In particular, we will learn to value and price M&A deals and how to choose the optimal financing mix for an M&A deal. The course focuses on all the major types of M&A deals including strategic M&A, private equity leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and restructuring deals such spinoffs and asset transfers. The course will benefit any student who desires to increase their ability to understand and execute M&A deals, including (but not limited to), entrepreneurs, consultants, bankers, investors, analysts, corporate managers, marketers, strategists, and deal-makers of all types. The course will also deepen students’ understanding of financial modeling and capital structure, both in theory and practice.
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This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information related to inter-corporate investments. The course will cover three main topics over four modules: (i) accounting for passive, significant influence, and control type of inter-corporate investments, (ii) special issues and considerations in inter-corporate investments, and (iii) special types of inter-corporate investments. The course will be useful for students to understand complex organizational structures through the lens of financial accounting information and will benefit investors, analysts, bankers, consultants, managers, and any deal-makers.
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This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information related to advanced issues in inter-corporate investments. The course will cover four main topics over four modules: (i) accounting for spinoffs and equity carveouts, (ii) accounting for leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, (iii) tax considerations in inter-corporate investments, and (iv) financial statement analysis in the presence of inter-corporate investments. The course will be useful for students to understand complex organizational structures through the lens of financial accounting information and will benefit investors, analysts, bankers, consultants, managers, and any deal-makers.
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This course will provide students the key building blocks required for a career in investment banking, valuation, and other corporate-finance focused fields. It is designed to provide a practical application of financial statement analysis and valuation techniques commonly performed by industry professionals. The course has two major parts. The first focuses on the foundational elements of financial statement and ratio analysis. The second applies the financial statements and forecasts within the context of company valuation, utilizing common industry valuation techniques.  Â
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This course focuses on examining various practical applications of the fundamental financial analysis and valuation techniques employed in the investment banking industry. Specifically, we will examine how to analyze how a private equity firm or other financial sponsor completes a leveraged buyout of a company, how a public company analyzes the impact of acquiring a company on its earnings per share, and how a company completes an initial public offering. The course will benefit anyone who desires to increase their ability to understand and execute M&A and capital markets transactions, including (but not limited to), entrepreneurs, consultants, bankers, investors, analysts, corporate managers, marketers, strategists, and dealmakers of all types.
Taught by
Heitor Almeida, James Bertram, Oktay Urcan and Robert Metzger
