The course will benefit: acquirers, target companies, private equity funds, banks, regulators and hedge funds. 

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Participants will learn to use key M&A tools & acquire the skills to navigate the M&A life-cycle successfully in Asia. 

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Participants will learn the rationale of M&A, how synergies are identified and computed, the key success factors in M&A, excellence in integration, handle valuation dilemmas and acquisition financing methods. 

The sale process will be explained, including controlled auctions, and the critical subject on how a seller can maximize the sale value and alternatively how targets can repel unwanted M&A attacks. Deal structuring will make clear the complex role of puts and calls in staged acquisitions. 

Advanced techniques of Leveraged Buyouts, how buyouts are originated and are executed, the strategies of some of the leading private equity buyout funds like KKR and Carlyle, and the role of the major investment banks like Goldman Sachs will be covered. 

Deal structuring, regulatory methods and due diligence techniques will also be explained. Innovative Ideas and techniques will be illustrated.