Friday, December 13, 2013

A CLE program on Mergers and Acquisitions from my friends at McDevitt and Kline

Mergers & Acquisitions
Saturday, December 14th, 2013
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Temple University, Fort Washington or via live webcast
7 Substantive CLE or 8 CPE
Presented by Anthony Latini, CFA, & Richard Brown, PhD

 

Morning Session: The M&A Process and Current Transaction Climate

In the morning session, our guest speaker, Tony Latini, CFA, will provide an overview of the current deal climate.  He will discuss a variety of topics including: middle market transaction data, M&A alternatives, valuation issues, financing, the sell side process, M&A timelines, and more.

Mr. Anthony A. Latini, Tony, Jr., CFA has been Managing Director of Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. since April 25, 2011. Mr. Latini served as Managing Director at Curtis Financial Group LLC for 10 successful years. Mr. Latini has provided corporate finance and investment banking services to middle market and large corporate clients for the past 14 years. Mr. Latini focus on initiating and executing investment banking transactions as well as expanding and strengthening relationships within the financial services sector. Mr. Latini has more than 20 years of experience and expertise serving in corporate finance advisory and investment banking roles to insurance companies, banks and middle market companies. He focuses on merger and acquisition advisory services and capital raising for clients in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution and financial services. His merger and acquisition transaction experience includes over $1.5 billion in transaction value and he has assisted in raising in excess of $500 million in debt and junior capital. Prior to joining Curtis Financial Group, he was a director in the Financial Services Group at Berwind Financial L.P. He also has held positions at Evans & Company, Inc., an equity buyout group, and CoreStates Financial Corp. In his professional capacity, he has addressed numerous trade associations on topics such as mergers, acquisitions and valuations, and has been quoted in CFO Magazine, Investment Dealers Digest, Mergers and Corporate Policy, American Banker and National Underwriter. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the designation Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). His Professional Affiliations include Association for Investment Management and Research, Financial Analysts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (2000-2001 Chair, Financial Management Committee), Crime Prevention Association (past Chair of Finance Committee).

Afternoon Session: The Strategy of M&A

This session will focus on the strategic nature of M&As in order to understand 1) What types of firms participate in the market for acquisitions?, 2) What are the motivations for participants?, 3) What are the outcomes of M&As?, and 4) What can we learn to improve M&As assuming that we are in the role of a top manager?  While strategy is a focus, this course will also cover topics associated with the legal aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions and how these topics either mesh with, or conflict with, the strategic aspects that will be discussed at length. 

Richard S. Brown, Ph.D. is a professor of Strategic Management at Penn State University - Harrisburg. He has taught at many universities in the Philadelphia area. Courses taught include; Strategic Management,Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Entrepreneurship & Innovation.  He has published six academic articles in these fields on topics such as; Mechanism Design, Franchising, Game Theory and International Location Choice.

Learning Objectives:

- Review the M&A climate: deals and trends

- Analyze M&A alternatives, valuation issues, financing, the sell side process, M&A timelines

- Discuss the strategy of M&A deals including the role of management and potential legal issues

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