Spring 2024 Finance B7325 section 001

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Call Number 14799
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Donna M Hitscherich
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description This course is designed to be an applications oriented course and will draw heavily upon real world change of control case studies. The course builds on the prior courses in corporate finance. The course will not introduce significantly new finance principles or analytical techniques other than those to which the student has been exposed to previously in the prerequisite introductory courses in finance at Columbia. The course will seek to apply basic finance principles and analytical techniques to actual problems likely to be encountered by senior management of major corporations or those who are the advisors to such management in the context of an M&A transaction. At the conclusion of the course, the student will have gained an appreciation for the role M&A plays on today's corporate landscape and have formed an opinion as to whether or not an M&A transaction makes sense" for the firm. The student should expect at the conclusion of this course to have gained a level of competency in M&A commensurate with an entry-level investment banking associate in M&A. Whether or not the student "practices" M&A, the course will afford the student with an insider's look into what is an undeniable major force on today's corporate landscape. Accordingly, students who are interested in investment banking, consulting, equity research, corporate development, corporate lending, strategic planning, private equity, leveraged finance, or proprietary trading many wish to consider this course."
Web Site Vergil
Department Finance
Enrollment 61 students (65 max) as of 11:52PM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Subject Finance
Number B7325
Section 001
Division School of Business
Open To Business
Section key 20241FINC7325B001