M&A Due Diligence Training Course

The M&A Due Diligence training course is a two day programme that teaches a modern, focused approach to mergers and acquisitions due diligence designed for the needs of corporate executives involved in cross border transactions.

This M&A due diligence training course teaches an approach that integrates commercial and financial analysis to focus on the key risks of a mergers and acquisitions transaction. Particular emphasis is placed on assessing the fit with strategic priorities and accurately assessing synergies. Extensive use is made of practical examples and case studies drawn from real-world transactions.

The course is taught by tutors with practical experience of running multi-disciplinary mergers and acquisitions due diligence programmes within multinational companies, not by academics or professional advisors. This means that the course, as well as being academically rigorous, is rich with real world material drawn from our tutor’s own experiences.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
CPD: 14 CPD hours

Note: Most delegates will have had past exposure to mergers and acquisitions due diligence, often in limited roles related to their specific professional expertise, or as junior members of multi-disciplinary due diligence teams. More experienced practitioners will benefit from exposure to latest good practice in a number of due diligence areas.

DATES

London:  January 13-14, 2020 / February 3-4, 2020 / March 5-6, 2020 / March 30-31, 2020 / May 4-5, 2020 / June 4-5, 2020

COST

London: £1500 plus VAT (20%)      Note: Delegates from outside the European Union can reclaim VAT.

LOCATIONS

London: Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, central London

WHAT WILL DELEGATES LEARN ON THE M&A DUE DILIGENCE TRAINING COURSE?

Delegates will learn how to:

Identify the main risks in an M&A transaction;

Focus due diligence efforts on critical areas;

Give the appropriate weight to each of the main areas of investigation;

Set up, run and control the costs of a due diligence team;

Collect the right information for valuation, contract negotiation and post merger integration;

Recognise the most common risks and issues in each of the main functional areas.

COURSE CONTENTS

Due Diligence Overview

Main elements of due diligence;
Aligning priorities to main risks;
Focus on the future not the past;
Team leader, team composition and control.

Commercial Due Diligence

Purpose and elements of commercial due diligence:

• Market growth and developments;
• Competitors;
• Management team;

Published and unpublished information sources;
Accessing unpublished information.

Financial Due Diligence

The past versus the future;
An integrated financial due diligence model;
Getting back to cash and books of record;
Financial analysis of forward projections;
Tax and pensions.

Human Resources

Understanding the regulatory environment (international context);
Pay and benefits;
Industrial relations.

Cultural Due Diligence

What is culture and how do we evaluate it?
Assessing cultural risks.

Other Due Diligence Elements

Legal due diligence;
IT due diligence;
Environmental due diligence.

The International Perspective

Added complexity and risk of foreign country deals;
Complexity of multi-country acquisitions.

Due Diligence Inputs to Integration and Valuation

Reflecting due diligence findings in valuation models;
Impact of due diligence findings on projected deal returns;
Collecting information necessary for assessing integration risks.

Reporting Due Diligence Findings

A structured due diligence report;
Remaining objective and the politics of negative findings.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The course is for corporate executives involved in or responsible for due diligence on acquisition targets:

Chief Executives, Vice Presidents, Managing Directors and General Managers;
Commercial/Business Development Directors and Managers;
Chief Financial Officers, Finance Directors, Financial Controllers, Finance Managers:
HR Directors and Managers;
Operations Directors and Managers;
IT Directors and Managers;
Corporate Development Officers and Directors;
Members of corporate M&A, Corporate Finance and Strategy functions.

WHO ARE OUR CLIENTS?

Here are just a few of the global corporations that have sent senior executives to the Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence training course:

WHAT DO OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT THE M&A DUE DILIGENCE TRAINING COURSE?

Here are just a few of the positive reviews for the Mergers and Acquisitions Core Skills training course from senior executives: