Masterminding the Deal

Peter Clark is a Lecturer (Senior Teaching Fellow) at University College London, within the Department of Management Science and Innovation, where he teaches finance at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a leading author and commentator in merger and IPO-related finance field and has more than 20 years' experience in mergers and acquisitions, involving more than US$3bn in transaction values.Roger Mills is Emeritus Professor of Finance and Accounting at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and, most recently, was Professor of Fundamental Analysis and Business Valuation at the VU University in Amsterdam. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

• Chapter - 00: Introduction;Chapter - 01: The next merger boom is already here;Chapter - 02: Debunking the six merger fallacies that destroy value;Chapter - 03: Criteria: First, get the merger valuation methodology right;Chapter - 04: Merger segmentation comes of age;Chapter - 05: Mergers still fail, but does it matter?;Chapter - 06: The merger megaboom’s signature IPO: Facebook;Chapter - 07: Towards systematic investigation and implementation of post-merger synergies;Chapter - 08: The seven keys to merger success

""Most swings are strikes, marriages end in divorce, and exploratory wells are dry holes. And yet batters continue to go to the plate, lovers to the alter, and wildcatters to new basins and fields. Masterminding the Deal gives M&A dealmakers cause for continued bullishness.""