Discovering Risk and Confirming Value in the Diligence Process
Elevate your expertise in deal readiness and diligence management with this 3-day virtual course. Explore strategy and targeting, effectively manage the Diligence Management Office, and address financial, market, and competition analyses. Delve into cybersecurity, IT, legal, and compliance aspects, master confirmatory diligence, and transition to integration planning and closing. Through interactive Q&A, breakout sessions, and collaborative group exercises, gain practical insights and tools for immediate application. Ideal for M&A professionals, this course equips you with strategies to mitigate risks, streamline diligence, and drive deal success.
Course Modules
- Strategy & Targeting
- Managing the Diligence Effort
- Launching the Diligence Management Office
- Overview of Financial Due Diligence
- Market/Industry & Competition Diligence
- Cybersecurity, IT and Due Diligence: Materiality + Alignment = Success
- Legal and Compliance HR Due Diligence
- Confirmatory DD, Transition to Integration Planning
- Transaction Execution and Closing Preparation
*Module topics subject to change
Who Should Attend
Key M&A Executives; Integration Professionals; Corporate Development Leaders; IMO Leads & Program Managers; Functional Workstream Leads & Dedicated Workstream Program Managers; Human Resources Leads & Team Members
Tuition - Updated Pricing and Early Bird Deadline
$695 $495 Early Bird: Through May 5, 2025, at midnight US Central Time
$895 $595 Standard Price: May 6 - May 12, 2025
Cancellation Policy: Please view our program cancellation and complaint resolution policies here.
Full attendance earns up to 46 CMAS credits for this course*
Participants of this course may receive up to 13 CPE credits*
M&A Leadership Council is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: nasbaregistry.org.
*Credits awarded are based on course engagement
About CPE Credits
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Program Level: Intermediate
Participants should have at least a baseline general awareness of acquisition due diligence in a corporate environment. This course will provide a process viewpoint on corporate development’s role in successfully achieving inorganic growth and organizing and managing a comprehensive due diligence process. Subject matter experts will provide a thorough topical briefing on essential due diligence topics including financial due diligence, people/organizational due diligence, information technology/security diligence, and the bridge from diligence to integration strategy and pre-close planning.
Advance Preparation: Short proprietary case study pre-read will be sent one week prior to course start date.
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge