Course Details

How do mergers and acquisitions help boost firm value. And what are the practical steps in executing M&A deals?

 

What will be covered


  • The role that M&A can play in a firm’s strategy to boost M&A
  • The nuts and bolts of M&A
    • Finding acquisition targets
    • The bidding process
    • Due diligence
    • Integration 
    • Post-acquisition review

 

At the end of the session participants will fully understand the role of M&A in a well-designed corporate strategy and the practical aspects of successfully implementing an M&A strategy. 

 

The session is targeted at corporate board directors, at chief financial officers and at those who advise them on corporate financial management.  

 

Course level: Advanced

CPD Course Speaker

Finance Lecturer & Economics Columnist

Cormac Lucey

Cormac Lucey teaches finance, at post-graduate level, at the IMI, UCD, TCD and Chartered Accountants Ireland.

He is also a commentator on economic affairs both on broadcast media and through his weekly columns with The Sunday Times (Irish edition).

He served as a special adviser to Michael McDowell when he was Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) between 2002 and 2007. Cormac previously worked both in industry and in corporate finance in both Ireland in Germany.