The comprehensive M&A guide, updated to reflect the latest
changes in the M&A environment
M&A, Second Edition provides a practical
primer on mergers and acquisitions for a broad base of individuals
numbering in the hundreds of thousands:
* Investment bankers involved with mergers and acquisitions
(M&A).
* Equity analysts at hedge funds, risk arbitrage funds, pension
funds, and banks, who invest in firms engaged in M&A.
* Private equity professionals at buyout funds, venture capital
funds, and hedge funds, who routinely buy and sell companies.
* Corporate executives and business development
professionals.
* Institutional loan officers working with M&A and buyout
transactions.
* Business students at colleges and graduate business
schools.
* Investor relations professionals at corporations and public
relations firms.
* Lawyers who work with corporate clients on M&A-related
legal, financial, and tax matters.
* Independent public accounting firms that review M&A
accounting.
* Government regulators
* Sophisticated individual investors
Its comprehensive approach covers each step in the process, from
finding an opportunity, to analyzing the potential, to closing the
deal, with new coverage of private equity funds and international
transactions. This updated second edition also includes information
on emerging markets, natural resource valuation, hostile takeovers,
special deals, and more, plus new examples and anecdotes taken from
more current events. Additional illustrations and charts help
readers quickly grasp the complex information, providing a complete
reference easily accessible by anyone involved in M&A.
The mergers and acquisitions environment has changed in the
thirteen years since M&A was initially published,
creating a tremendous need for authoritative M&A guidance from
a banker's perspective. This M&A update fills that need
by providing the characteristic expert guidance in clear, concise
language, complete with the most up-to-date information.
* Discover where M&A fits into different corporate growth
strategies, and the unique merits it confers
* Delineate clear metrics for determining risk, valuation, and
optimal size of potential acquisitions
* Gain deeper insight into the fundamentals of negotiation, due
diligence, and structuring
* Understand the best time to sell, the best way to sell, and the
process of the sale itself
In the past decade, the dollar value of M&A deals has jumped
ten-fold, and the number of individuals involved has expanded
considerably. More and more executives, analysts, and bankers need
to get up-to-date on the mechanics of M&A, without wading
through volume after volume of dense, legalistic jargon. Finally,
M&A is back - providing a complete reference to
the current state of the M&A environment.
