This module would cover topics including:
- Motives for corporate acquisitions
- Types of acquisitions: share v asset
- Brief overview of structuring an acquisition and payment terms (deferred consideration, earn-outs, cash v shares, etc.)
- An overview of the steps involved in corporate acquisitions, usual timescale, brief cost considerations (accountants, tax advisors, local counsel, post-acquisition costs, stamp duty, etc.)
- Common pitfalls.
