09.07.

2018

Title: IBF2 - M&A and related transactions Code: BWB3048

Module group ECTS Semester Module type Teaching types (Professor/s) Study language Module-Level Type of module
additive additive
Study field: BSc Business Administration, Full-time studies
7.2 Banking & Finance - BF 3 5HS WP Gl (Gubler Andreas), Gl (Rascón Alberto) English Specialised
Study field: BSc Business Administration, Extra-occupational
7.2 Banking & Finance - BF 3 7HS WP Gl (Gubler Andreas), Gl (Rascón Alberto) English Specialised

Legend for type of module: WP: Elective module

Legend for teaching types: Gl: Group lesson

Module responsibility
Andreas Gubler (gla2), Alberto Rascón (rca2)

Short description of the module

Mergers & Acquisitions and related transactions have a considerable impact on the implementation of a corporate strategy. Corporations buy and sell other entities in order to reach their growth targets or to improve the
composition of their portfolio. The M&A process encompasses a wide varity of topics which have to be mastered in order to complete a transaction successfully. They include issues such as the search of acquistion targets
or potential buyers, valuation and due diligence, negotiations, drafting of agreements, antitrust, financing and tax as well as implementation.

Requirements
Strategic Management, Accounting, Finance, Business Law and Restructuring, Taxation
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Title: IBF2 - M&A and related transactions Code: BWB3048

Competencies upon completion

Subject: Students gain a workable knowledge of the core issues related to M&A transactions; they are able to address such issues in a professional way.

Method: Students know the methods which are applied in order to carry out transactions successfully.

Social: Students
- participate actively in classroom discussions on pertinent M&A topics.
- work in small groups and succeed in organizing themselves in order prepare a written purchase offer and a valuation.

Self: Students prepare for class and improve their ability to express themselves orally and in writing.

Content
This course is based on the introductory course on restructuring (Umstrukturierung, USTR or iRES). Students shall acquire a more indepth knowledge of M&A and related transactions. The course on Umstrukturierung
(USTR), which is offered in the German language only this semester, and the present course will be synchronized for the benefit of work-study (berufsbegleitende) and part-time (teilzeitliche) students taking both courses
simultanously.

Teaching and Learning method

Presentations by the lecturer
Discussions of cases and individual work on examples in class
Self study in preparation of the short tests
Short tests
Group work when preparing the written offer

Literature
Indispensable literature:
- will be posted on Moodle.

Recommended literature: -

Additional, continuative literature: -

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Title: IBF2 - M&A and related transactions Code: BWB3048

Workload
90 hours

Contact lessons
7 x 4 lessons (seven classes of four lessons)

Attendance requirement
85% of attendance is compulsory (6 out of 7 sessions). Additional absences will only be excused in case of important reasons (such as illness; work obligations will not be excused).

Proof of competence
40%: short tests in class.

60%: written offer regarding the acquisition of a public company including a valuation of the target company (group work leading to a term paper and a PowerPoint presentation to be handed in on the last day of class in
December 2018 and to be presented to the lecturers in January 2019). The assignment will be distributed on the first day of class.

Aids for written examination

In general closed book, open book if so instructed by the responsible lecturer.
Dictionary is permitted, BFH-Calculator (according to study and examination regulations) upon instruction by the responsible lecturer.

(For details to the aids allowed during written exams see "information on study and examination regulations" on Moodle.)

Continuative, in depth modules

n.a.
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