Program Content
As companies contemplate acquisitions, it Is important that they examine the full range of issues related to the companies being acquired to insure a successful transaction. Areas such as company operations, financial performance, people issues, accounting, and legal must be carefully scrutinized to enhance their chances of success. This webinar provides participants with an overview of the due diligence process, both preliminary as well as confirmatory. It examines the current trends and provides an overview of related best practices while comparing and contrasting the points of view of the sales side and the buy side.

Learning Objectives
After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Articulate the main obstacles in completing successful M&A transactions

• Identify current best practices and trends

• Differentiate between preliminary due diligence and confirmatory due diligence

• Define the different areas covered by preliminary and confirmatory due diligence 

Who Should Attend
Business Appraisers, Valuators, Litigation Support Consultants, Business Brokers.

Presenters

Andrew J. Sherman, ESQ., is a partner at Jones Day in the Washington, DC office and focuses his practice on issues affecting business growth for companies at all stages, including developing strategies to leverage intellectual property and technology assets, as well as international corporate transactional and franchising matters. He has served as a legal and strategic advisor to dozens of Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of emerging growth companies. Andrew has represented U.S. and international clients from early stage, rapidly growing start-ups, to closely held franchisers and middle market companies, to multibillion dollar international conglomerates. He also counsels on issues such as franchising, licensing, joint ventures, strategic alliances, capital formation, distribution channels, technology development, and mergers and acquisitions. Andrew's practice involves... Read more

Enrique C. BritoMBA, CFA, AVA, CM&AA Enrique C. Brito is a senior managing director of The McLean Group, LLC, a private national investment bank, and a principal and founder of Kaizen Consulting Group, LLC, a merger and acquisition advisory firm based in McLean, Virginia. Mr. Brito focuses on assisting owners of privately held businesses in the middle market sector in how to measure, enhance, and harvest the value in their businesses, particularly in situations involving acquisition and divestiture transactions. Mr. Brito has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance and has been involved in transactions in the U.S. and in several Latin American countries including Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Peru. He specializes in divestitures, buy-outs, and capital formation transactions and has hands-on experience in business valuations and in the implementation of value enhancement programs such as operational audits, lean processes, and six sigma projects.

Program Level: Overview	Prerequisites: None	Advanced Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Internet-Based	CPE Credits: One (1) hour	Fields of Study: Specialized Knowledge & Applications

Webinar Pricing Registration is per person and allows access to login information, presentation materials, and one CPE attestation form. NACVA/IBA Members: $117 Non-Members: $130	Multi-person discounts are available for additional registrants at your site. Additional registrant registration form NACVA/IBA Member: $58 per person Non-Members: $65 per person Additional registrants also receive login information, presentation materials, and one CPE attestation form.
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