What you’ll learn

  • How to negotiate deal terms
  • What to expect when entering a one-person corporate development role
  • How flexibility and adaptability drive better M&A outcomes
  • Metrics that should be used to determine an acquisition’s success

Course content

Conversation from the Frontlines

The Controller's Thinking When Doing a Deal

Evolving to Agile M&A at Scale

Where Does Value Leak in Your Deal Lifecycle

Negotiating Deal Terms

One-person Corp Dev Team

Who is this course for

This course is intended for M&A professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds, and includes information about negotiating, structing corporate development teams, maximizing deal value, and more.

Instructor

Emma Barton
Director, Alliance and Integration Management at AstraZeneca
PJ Patel
Co-CEO, Valuation Research Corporation (VRC)
Howard Rosen
Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer at Open Text
Kimberly Baird
Principal and Founder, Maximize M&A LLC
Ashley Rice
Sr. Consultant HR M&A / M&A Integration and Data Team Leader at Cisco
Julia Rollins
Director of Customer Success, DealRoom
Pam Eysie
Devorah Bertucci
Director Corporate Development at Microsoft
Scott Kaeser
Owner / Head Of Corporate Development at First Choice Dental Lab
Barak Routhenstein
VP of Corporate Development at Profile Products
Brian Buchert
Vice President, Corporate Strategy and M&A at Church & Dwight
Brian Hamilton
Managing Director, Business Development at Blue Sky Vision

Emma Barton, Head of Global Alliances and Integration at Astrazeneca | PJ Patel, Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director at Valuation Research Corporation (VRC) | Howard Rosen, Senior Vice President and CAO | Kimberly Baird, Corporate Development Integration Lead at Cisco | Ashley Rice, Sr. Consultant HR M&A / M&A Integration and Data Team Leader at Cisco | Julia Rollins, Customer Success Manager at DealRoom | Pam Eysie, Sales Manager at DealRoom | Jessica Zhivotovsky, Sales Manager at DealRoom | Devorah Bertucci, Director of Corporate Development at Microsoft | Scott Kaeser - Owner / Head of Corporate Development at First Choice Dental Lab | Barak RouthenStein- VP of Corporate Development at Bioivt | Brian Buchert, VP of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Church & Dwight | Brian Hamilton, Managing Director, Business Development at Blue Sky Vision

Badges

Upon completing this course, you will receive a badge for "M&A Science Holiday Virtual Summit".

Have any questions?

What is the M&A Science Academy?

The M&A Science Academy is an online-platform where you can access courses taught by M&A professionals. The courses cover a wide variety of M&A topics such as integration, divestitures, due diligence, management styles, and more.

The M&A Science Academy includes courses from M&A experts who are eager to share their stories, failures, and successes.

Our goal is to provide users with knowledge from industry practitioners that can be applied to their own practices.

Where can I watch the courses?

All courses are available 24/7 on the M&A Science Thinkific page.

Which courses are right for me?

The M&A Science Academy courses were created to cover a range of topics based upon common M&A challenges. We are going to be adding new content regularly so feel free to explore new areas!

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