Company Valuation Industrial and Property Course
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Company Valuation Industrial and Property Course
Introduction:
This course will provide you with an understanding of the concepts and practices of due diligence: the art of getting what you are paying for. Due diligence is critical for a whole range of corporate finance transactions: acquisitions, disposals, and investments in companies. It will focus on why failures of due diligence were key in the wave of financial disasters that have affected markets from the USA and the Middle East to Asia. Each element of due diligence will be separately reviewed, looking at both the progress of the process and the different organizations involved. The case studies will examine both successful and notable failures of due diligence.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this Company Valuation Industrial and Property Course, learners will be able to do:
- Appraise the quality and reliability of the information
- Identify and verify worthwhile investment opportunities
- Analyze the financial and commercial aspects of an entity
- Identify and overcome the most common due diligence pitfalls
Who Should Attend?
This course has been designed for those working within all finance, investment and legal departments as well as non-finance departments of medium to large corporates who are entrusted with the task of Due Diligence and/or Valuation, and wish to consolidate their knowledge to make intelligent and successful investment decisions and transactions to add value to their organization. Attendees who have benefitted from this course in the past have included Divisional Directors responsible for Finance, Strategy, Legal, Sales and Marketing, Operations, Human Resources, Information Technology, as well as the Executive Office.
Course Outlines:
Due Diligence: Definition and Overview
An introduction to the terms of due diligence and a review of how due diligence has evolved
- Due diligence in the financing, private equity, and M&A markets of the 21st century
- Review of how due diligence concept has evolved
- Due diligence in the face of new technologies and new aspects of capital market transactions
- How is due diligence measured?
- Roles of the parties
- Due diligence after the crisis
When Is Due Diligence Required?
- Acquisitions
- Disposals
- Investments (including private equity)
- Buying fixed assets
Sell Side Due Diligence
- Due diligence in public offerings – (case studies)
- Exchanges: rules and key differences between Gulf markets and the USA/Europe
- Differences between global markets
Types of Due Diligence
• Commercial
• Operational
• Financial (including Islamic financial due diligence)
• Environmental
• Personal
• Technological
• Legal
Review of Important Judicial Interpretations of Due Diligence
- Conduct and procedures to satisfy the court’s interpretation of the minimum standard of professional performance
- Do professionals participating in a securities offering have a public disclosure obligation to the public?
- Do the courts evaluate due diligence at the time of securities offerings?
- Do the courts examine the conduct of all participants after something has gone wrong with the benefit of hindsight?
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