Professor Amil Dasgupta & Professor Alexander Gorbenko

This course is available on the MSc in Finance (full-time), MSc in Finance (full-time) (Work Placement Pathway), MSc in Finance and Private Equity and MSc in Finance and Private Equity (Work Placement Pathway). This course is not available as an outside option.

This course is not capped, any eligible student that requests a place will be given one.

This course does not permit auditing students.

Students must have completed Asset Markets (FM423) and Corporate Finance (FM422).

• Financial analysis of corporate transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Leveraged buyouts
• Corporate restructuring in financial distress
• Shareholder activism

This course focuses on the strategy, valuation and execution of corporate deals. In particular, the course examines several key types of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, restructuring in financial distress, and shareholder activism. The course combines in-depth analysis based on financial economics drawing on academic research with a sustained focus on institutional details, utilizing a number of case studies to support the learning process.

30 hours of seminars in the WT.

This course is taught in the interactive lecturing format. There is no distinction between lectures and classes/seminars; there are “sessions” only, and the pedagogical approach in each session is interactive.

Students will be expected to complete coursework regularly.

A course pack will be distributed that includes case studies as well as additional readings such as textbook chapters, and practitioner articles.

Continuous assessment (100%) in the WT.