Deals in Action

a role playing exercise to experience the look and feel of the mergers and acquisitions world, leaving with a better understanding of what to expect

Course aims: To experience the look and feel of the mergers and acquisitions world, leaving with a better understanding of what to expect. 

A one-day journey through a typical acquisition process. 

Role Play will cover:  
- Identification of targets
- The courting process
- Valuation and evaluation
- Fund raising
- Basic legal process
- Due diligence
- Completion

 
Active Deal Making

Course Overview

The course covers the basic essentials that all owner managers should be aware of in relation to mergers and acquisitions, disposals and raising development capital.  Providing delegates with a rich insight into how the corporate finance process works from the start of a transaction through to that all important moment of completion

The course has been designed for those parties who are novices in this field but who realise the importance of thoroughly understanding more comprehensively how a successful deal works.

Course features and benefits

A realistic insight into the corporate finance process for owner managers delivered by a real life practitioner who works almost exclusively in this field:-

- An Interactive role play of a transaction
- Two Teams â€“ one the Acquiring team
- one the Vendor team 
- A take away template process into each critical area
- An insider view of how to negotiate on all aspects of the deal with all the parties in a transaction from the rainmakers to the lawyers and Funders.
- An opportunity to look at how to value a company
- A look at what funding is available and at what cost!!
- A practitioner’s view of the current market and owner managed transactions and the general appetite for deals

Course Objectives

Attendance on this course will:

-Help you understand the role of all the professionals involved in a transaction and how to negotiate terms of reference with them.
- Allow you to critique an investment opportunity and read behind the published information.
- Guide you through some easy to use valuation methods to understand the perspective of parties.
- Introduce you to the myriad of funding options available whether for acquisition or development purposes and provide you with a fool proof process to select the right money for the right deal.
- Guide you through the legal process enabling you to anticipate and prepare for legal deal breaching issues.