Loan Structuring, LBOs
& Acquisition Finance

This Anderson training course is an essential guide to enable finance providers and those requiring finance to evaluate or secure loans, leverage buyouts and acquisition finance. As a result bankers will be able to reduce risk, increase profitability and meet regulatory requirements. Companies requiring finance will do so more effectively and on terms which meet their needs.

By the end of this Anderson training course, you will be able to:

• Structure loans in line with risk, price and regulatory requirements
• Recommend Leverage Buyouts & Reverse Leverage strategies
• Evaluate Target Companies and Finance Mergers & Acquisitions
• Evaluate Methods of Finance
• Structure Project Finance Contracts and Special Purpose Vehicles
• Evaluate the latest financial issues affecting your organization

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Financial decision makers in corporations
• Corporate Treasurers
• Bank Credit Officers
• Investment Bankers
• Financial & Management Consultants
• Bond Credit Analysts
• Fund Managers

To enhance learning we utilize proven adult learning technology and methods that will result in maximum retention and application.  This includes the Analysis & Evaluation of Case Studies relevant to your role and organisation presentations, discussion, practical activities, videos, team practice exercises and case studies.

• Principles of Lending
• The Main Lending Facilities/Products
• Evaluating the Business & Industry Risk
• Credit Ratings
• The Use of Financial Statements to Assess Business Risk
• Evaluation Models in Excel

• Matching the Purpose, Amount, Repayments & Term
• Loan Documentation
• Loan Agreements & Covenants
• Interest Rates & Fees
• Pricing for Risk
• Linking Price and Risk to Capital Adequacy & Basle

• Leverage
• Collateral/Security for a Leveraged Buyout
• The Attributes of Good Bank Security
• Hostile Takeovers
• Reasons for LBO’s
• Reverse Leverage Buyout

• Mergers & Acquisitions: A distinction
• Valuing a Target Company
• Financing an Acquisition via Equity and Debt
• Mezzanine Finance
• Paper Finance (Stock Swap)
• The Impact on Shareholders

• What is Project Finance?
• Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) & Parties to Project Finance Schemes
• The Structure of Project Finance Schemes for Infrastructure Projects
• Equity & Debt Financing
• Recourse & Non-recourse Finance
• Bonds; Guarantees and Letters of Credit

Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course