Católica-Lisbon SBE

The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the analytical and “realworld” tools necessary to successfully evaluate and execute M&A transactions.

Students will be exposed to case studies that will show the dynamics and "behind the scene” of the M&A deals, and see that beyond the valuation, there is strategy, negotiation, financing, risk management and politics driving the deals.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Increasingly companies expect, along with solid technical competences, that their employees combine a set of soft skills that are the basis of a good professional performance.

Introduction to corporate governance (scope, history, competitiveness and value creation)The need for corporate governance – markets and firms (the origins and the reasons of the financial crisis, consequences and remedies, the shareholder perspective, the stakeholders perspective).

The purpose of the course is to introduce students to modern risk management methodologies and discuss the financial crisis. We will take the perspective of a Financial Institution and we will focus on the main risks these institutions face, such as credit risk, market risk, ALM risk and operational risk. We will try to analyze each type of risk asking ourselves the following questions: What do we mean by this risk? – Definition; How do we measure it? – Measurement; What can we do about it?