Mergers and Acquisitions

Course details

Mergers and Acquisitions represent important phenomenon in a nearly one century. This program will help the audience develop and implement successful strategies for Mergers and Acquisitions. Defining strategy and understanding the frameworks and tools behind Mergers and Acquisitions will allow the organizations to use Mergers and Acquisitions to gain a competitive edge and increase shareholder value.

Course Description:

Mergers and Acquisitions represent important phenomenon in a nearly one century. This program will help the audience develop and implement successful strategies for Mergers and Acquisitions. Defining strategy and understanding the frameworks and tools behind Mergers and Acquisitions will allow the organizations to use Mergers and Acquisitions to gain a competitive edge and increase shareholder value.

Course Objectives:

• Define the concepts related to mergers and acquisitions, and recall the history of this important phenomenon
• Explain the main forms, strategies and motives of mergers and acquisitions
• Assess mergers process, valuation, specification of mergers in banking and its regulations
• Apply the acquired information in order to arrive to successful merger or acquisition

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction and Definitions of Acquisitions and Mergers

• Differences between acquisitions and mergers
• Review of historic phenomenon of mergers and acquisitions

Module 2: Forms, Strategies, and Motives of Mergers and Acquisitions

• Different forms of merger
• Mergers strategies
• Methods of mergers
• Merger motives

Module 3: Assessment of Mergers Process

• Assessment of merger
• The valuation of the merged company’s stocks
• Mergers in banking and its motives
• Regulations related to the banking mergers
• The Egyptian experience in mergers
• The impact of the mergers on the economy

Module 4: Practical Considerations in Merger

• The process of mergers:
• The due diligence
• Preparing the information memorandum
• Legal and accounting considerations for mergers in Egypt
• The economic and financial considerations related to mergers
• The impact of mergers on operating and financial synergies
• Case studies

Assessment Strategy:

Participants will be informally assessed on their interaction during sessions and their participation in exercises