Practitioner's Complete Guide to M&as, with Website - Wiley Finance by David T Emott Paperback

Book Synopsis

The ultimate guide to the ins and out of mergers and acquisitions

Practitioner's Complete Guide to M&As provides the practical tricks of the trade on M&As: what they need to know, what they have to know, and what they need to do. Numerous examples and forms are included illustrating concepts in discussion.

• Written in a straight-talking style
• A highly, practical application-oriented guide to mergers and acquisitions
• Covers strategy development; deal flow and target identification; due diligence; valuation and offers; tax structuring; negotiation; and integration and value creation"
• Presents information using bullet points rather than lengthy narrative for ease of reading
• Numerous exhibits, forms, and examples are included

This practical guide takes you through every step of the M&A process, providing all the necessary tools that both the first-time M&A player as well as the seasoned practitioner need to complete a smart transaction.

From the Back Cover

A hands-on, practical guide to doing Mergers and Acquisitions

Highly practical and application-oriented, Practitioner's Complete Guide to M&As is designed with appreciation for your demanding obligations, putting the information you require at your fingertips.

This hands-on guide takes you through every step of the M&A process, from strategy development and target identification, to due diligence and value creation, written in a straightforward, "here's what you need to know now" style.

Whether you're new to the M&A process or just want a quick refresher, this book helps you know what to watch out for, what to do in specific situations, and how to do it. Its convenient bulleted format covers essential topics, including:

• Acquisition criteria

• Deal fees

• In-depth valuation guidance

• Platform value and real options

• Secrets to unlocking hidden value

• Pricing LBOs and the real deal about leverage

• Auctions, and how to play

• Complete due diligence guidance

• Deal structuring, taxable and tax-deferred deals

• Negotiating the deal

• Complete deal integration guidance

• Papering the deal

• Indemnification, duration, caps, baskets, escrows

• And much more

This is the only guide you need to confidently prepare for, undertake, and master the M&A process. Designed for fast knowledge transfer and instruction, it is the ideal introduction for MBA and law school students and associates entering the investment banking, legal, and accounting professions.

Packed with numerous examples, forms, ideas, approaches, and "don't forget" notes for use during live transactions--plus a user-friendly companion website--Practitioner's Complete Guide to M&As is the resource CEOs, CFOs, controllers, corporate development executives, and business owners will turn to again and again for merger and acquisition tools and strategies in a quick-reference format.

About the Author

DAVID T. EMOTT is a seasoned manager with over twenty-five years of progressively greater responsibility in directing corporate strategy development, M&A and joint venture initiatives, performance measurement, strategic planning, control, financing, information technology, and tax planning activities in international and domestic theaters. He currently runs his own consulting business, D.T. Emott Advisory LLC, which provides services to buyers and sellers of companies or operating units.