Corporate Restructuring and Valuation (FNCE90012)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject examines mergers, acquisitions and other corporate restructuring techniques and the valuation issues which arise in this context. Topics include: mergers and acquisitions (motives, corporate voting and control, economic issues, strategic issues, legal issues); divestments (carve-outs, spin-offs, leveraged buy-outs); valuation techniques (cashflow-based approaches, multiples-based approaches); and investor activism.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Identify and describe the various corporate restructuring techniques.
  • Understand and analyse the key economic, strategic and legal issues involved in corporate restructuring transactions.
  • Identify and describe the various corporate valuation techniques.
  • Understand and apply cashflow-based valuation methods and multiples-based valuation methods in a corporate restructuring setting.

Generic skills

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

  • Oral communication
  • Written communication
  • Collaborative learning
  • Problem solving
  • Team work
  • Statistical reasoning
  • Application of theory to practice
  • Interpretation and analysis
  • Critical thinking
  • Synthesis of data and other information
  • Evaluation of data and other information
  • Using computer software
  • Accessing data and other information from a range of sources

Last updated: 4 March 2025