Investment Banking
5 sessions à 5 hours (8am to 1pm)
Module 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Module 2: Valuation I – Relevant Methodologies: Comparable Company and Transaction Analysis
Module 3: Operating Model and Business Plan
Module 4: Valuation II – Relevant Methodologies: DCF, LBO, Merger Model Tuesday
Module 5: M&A Processes – Private M&A
Module 6: Share Purchase Agreement
Module 7: LBOs, Financial Investors and Private Equity as an Asset Class
Module 8: Equity Financing and IPO Process
Module 9: Public Takeovers in Germany
Module 10: Activist Shareholders
Module 11: Modelling Workshop
Guest Speaker/ Co-Presenter: Stefan Gockeln, Vice President Moelis & Company
Q&A and recap for exam
Accordingly, the course will also cover topics such operational and financial modelling which ultimately are a basic requirement for not only understanding valuation techniques but also for example to assess value creation in a Leveraged Buyout scenario.
Enriched with multiple and diverse examples from Jan Caspar Hoffmann’s extensive deal doing over the last more than 2 decades, the course will illustrate applied theory in a global and cross-border setting.
In order to achieve maximum practical relevance, select high profile guest speakers covering various disciplines will be invited to contribute to the sessions.
Course target is to enable students to understand – and be able to apply – advanced Corporate Finance topics in a real life setting irrespective of the domain in which it takes place.
The course is complementary to various other courses offered, namely “Private Equity and Venture Capital”, “Mergers & Acquisitions and Other Corporate Restructurings” and “Investments” with marginal, if any, overlap.
Self study
Not case study-type exam
Various questions covering all modules of the course
Class participation 30%
Ongoing participation in class, consensus on modus operandi to be reached in first session