April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
372 pages
10h 11m
English

Let’s assume that the buyer’s team has followed all of the steps in the process thus far: It has identified its strategic objectives, prepared the acquisition plan, identified the qualified candidates, narrowed the field, negotiated and signed the letter of intent, conducted the valuation and negotiated the purchase price, completed due diligence, and instructed counsel to start working on the definitive documents.
The team breathes a sigh of relief until it realizes: How will we finance this transaction? How much of the purchase price will we pay for from our own cash reserves and how much will we raise from third-party ...