Thinking of starting your career in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)?

Then you have landed in the right place.

The overall aim of this crash course into Mergers and Acquisitions is to explore and examine key concepts, methods and techniques used in M&A process in a summarised and easily digestible format .

The knowledge is derived from the leading books and developed out of the enriched practical experiences of the M&As' implementation.

The course begins with understanding the alternative strategies to M&As, as it is critical to be aware of the alternative options before deciding for the M&A; and to make the right choice depending on the needs of the business.

We have included the brief history on M&A to recognise the benefits of the past M&As deals and trends. The topic of history is followed by explaining the key M&A players.

M&A requires significant investments, utilisation of time and the resources. To optimise the opportunities and avoid losses one has to bring the right experts on board and to build one s understanding of the five phases of M&A process. So then we journey into mastering the five phases of M&A process.

We explain each process succinctly with an additional insight to the hostile takeovers, as these have complex challenges and issues to address. Following the five phases, will be a section on the recent trends in the M&A markets.

Finally, the course ends with Multiple choice questions MCQs to strengthen knowledge on the most important points and topics learned.