Book description
This book will provide the answers to the questions that senior level
executives have about what are M&As and the steps involved. It
provides basic guidelines and lessons for going through an M&A for
the first time. It explains what the key events, processes, and issues
that a buyer or seller must consider during a merger or acquisition. By
using this book, executives can avoid costs and sometimes fatal mistakes
and maximize the financial and operational value of the deal to their
companies. Chapters include: (1) Terms and Phrases: Language of the
Deal, (2) Explanation of Legal Structures and Terms, (3) Strategic
Transactions: Before the Deal Starts, (4) Mergers and Acquisitions:
Doing the Deal, (5) Equity Investments: Doing the Deal, (6) Sellers, (7)
Buyers, (8) Appendix: Checklists and Forms, Reports and Presentations,
Generic Valuation Exercise MICHAEL E. S. FRANKEL is a seasoned finance
and business development executive with extensive experience in
M&As, complex finance transactions, corporate strategy, and business
development transactions. He has led more than 100 transactions and has
worked on hundreds more. He served as vice president of business
development at GE Consumer FinanceÂ- Americas. Previously, he was vice
president of corporate development at VeriSign, Inc. While at VeriSign,
he led a development team that was responsible for substantially
increasing VeriSign's net income over a two-year period (closing over
two dozen acquisitions and equity investments). Prior to joining
VeriSign, Frankel was a vice president with Merrill Lynch's global
industries investment banking group, where he advised transportation,
logistics, and large industrial clients on M&As' complex equity and
debt offerings, as well as initial public offerings. His clients
included General Motors, Rollins Truck Leasing, Cendant, and UPS.
