Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions delivers a comprehensive understanding of the entire M&A lifecycle to help you forge strategic partnerships, navigate complex negotiations, and drive corporate growth.

You'll gain the critical cross-functional perspective needed to build a strategic advantage and expand your company’s market share.

Key Program Features

Multi-faceted learning and the case method

• We approach learning from every angle—a robust blend of faculty presentations, case studies, individual and group exercises, small group discussions, and large classroom debates. Among these formats is our renowned case method, where you’ll learn to think on your feet, sharpen your analytical skills, and make critical decisions in real time. The case method puts you in the role of chief decision-maker, navigating challenges facing leading companies around the world. Arrive with an open mind—leave with a global perspective, unparalleled leadership skills, and a network of dedicated peers around the world.

Learning groups

• Immerse yourself in an environment that creates space for deep, constructive engagement with a diverse set of peers from leading organizations. You'll forge powerful connections and gain valuable perspectives in our intimate learning groups. These smaller groups within your program cohort will transform into a personal board of advisors during the program and beyond.

Interactive simulations

• You'll partake in interactive simulations—beginning with simple two-party deals and moving to complex, multi-party, multi-issue negotiations. These exercises are designed to bring the importance of strategic planning to life.

Key Topics

• Examine different strategic approaches suited to private versus public companies in developed, emerging, and distressed economies

• Explore hedge fund activism, hostile takeovers, cross-border deals, corporate inversions, earn-outs, spin-offs, restructurings, and corporate governance

• Identify the right targets, assess business value accurately, and perform meaningful due diligence

• Build a negotiation toolkit and negotiate complex multi-party, multi-issue deals

• Understand the financial contexts and nuances around a successful acquisition

• Learn the imperatives for effective and efficient post-merger management