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CBS: MA5 M&A @ Columbia Business School

M&A @ Columbia Business School


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Enrollment in this course is by invitation only

About This Course

Goals:

Acquire job-ready M&A skills in a 100% online format, fully compatible with your work-life needs. And get certified by the prestigious Columbia Business School to stand out in today’s changing job market.

Presentation:

M&A @ Columbia Business School is an 8-weeks long program consisting of video lectures, live Q&A’s, peer learning and a one-week final case study.

Program:

Week 1: Introduction to M&A

Week 2: Strategic & Practical Considerations

Week 3: Valuation

Week 4: Deal Math

Week 5: Due Diligence

Week 6: Merger Agreements & Sell-Side Alternatives

Week 7: Takeover Defense & Financial Perspectives

Week 8: Case Study

The teacher:

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Professor Donna Hitscherich

M&A @ Columbia Business School is led by Professor Donna Hitscherich

Senior lecturer of Finance, director of the Private Equity Program, and a Bernstein Faculty Leader at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School.

Professor Hitscherich’s courses include Business Law, Corporate Finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions. She has been nominated for the Dean’s Award for Innovation in the MBA curriculum and is a five-time recipient of the Executive MBA Commitment to Excellence Award.

Previously Professor Hitscherich had a career in investment banking, holding positions at CS First Boston, J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., and Bank of America Securities. At J.P. Morgan, she helped found the takeover defense team and served as a senior member of the advisory review committee, which was responsible for all of the company’s M&A fairness opinions. Prior to her investment banking career, Professor Hitscherich was a corporate lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

  1. Course Number

    MA5

  2. Classes Start

    2020-04-20

  3. Classes End