Course plan

Day 1

Items to check before buying a company:

• Advice on mergers-acquisitions;
• Stages of mergers-acquisitions;
• The steps of a merger operation;
• Determine the true owners who hold stocks and shares in the company;
• Perform a business analysis;
• Due diligence;
• Release of capital;
• What are the debenture loans?
• Advantages and disadvantages of acquiring a company in difficulty.

Authenticity of balance sheet assets:

• Property leasing and concessions;
• Land, buildings, liens and mortgages;
• Patents, designs and trademarks;
• Operating assets;
• Accounts receivable and creditworthiness of customers;
• Inventory status.

Day 2

Risk assessment and social costs:

• Assessing restructuring costs;
• Points of negotiation during an acquisition;
• Qualification of staff and human capital;
• Company organizational chart;
• Definition of tasks organized according to the company culture;
• Assessing transactional compensation;
• Examining shareholder agreements;
• Regulatory, qualitative and environmental standards;

• Provisions for risks, expenses and liabilities:
  • Accounts receivable from customers;
  • Questionable and litigious customers;
  • Contracts that tie customers to the company;
  • Subcontractors;
  • Prepaid expenses, contractual expenses and supplier invoices to come.

Objectives

This course aims to provide participants with a seven-step methodology to reduce the risks and costs of a poorly planned acquisition. Each step is complete and independent unto itself, which allows the process to be stopped at any time while reducing resource use and costs.

Duration

2 days.