Structuring Divestitures | July 2024
$1,500 | $0 for Members
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Formulate a strategic and financial framework for divestitures
Improve your ability to assess various divestiture structures and the benefits of each
Head-off missteps in the design and management of a divestiture transaction
Curriculum | Structuring Divestitutures
Thursday, July 18, 2024
10:00am - 4:30pm (CST)
Live Online
Divestiture Strategy Considerations
Divestiture Structures
Divestiture Implementation & Governance
Course Materials & Certification
Participants will have access to a primer on Planning, Negotiating and Executing Reverse Morris Trust transactions, a study on divestiture activity and performance over the past two decade, and a series of recent discussions on best practices featuring:
Upon completion you will receive 5.5 CLE credit hours (if applicable) and a Certificate of Completion.
You will also be invited to join a confidential discussion space for exchanging ideas, best practices, recommendations, and information with other M&A Master Class alumni.
Faculty | Structuring Divestitures
Emilie R. Feldman is the Michael L. Tarnopol Professor and Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate strategy, and corporate governance.
Her research focuses on corporate strategy and governance, with particular interests in the role that divestitures, spinoffs, and mergers and acquisitions play in corporate reconfiguration, the internal functioning of multi-business firms, and the impact that large shareholders have on strategic decision-making and outcomes.
She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where she studied Economics and French Literature, and she received her MBA and DBA in Strategy from the Harvard Business School.
Professor Feldman is the author of “Divestitures: Creating Value Through Strategy, Structure, and Implementation” which was published by McGraw-Hill in December 2022.
Guest Speaker | Structuring Divestitures
Sergio Letelier is Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Previously, he was Deputy General Counsel - Corporate, Securities and M&A, which included responsibility for Corporate Compliance and Governance matters as well as support for HPE’s worldwide Tax Department around corporate restructurings.
Mr. Letelier joined HP France’s legal department in 2002 as corporate lawyer. He subsequently joined HP’s Corporate, Securities and M&A EMEA section in 2004 and worked on a variety of M&A transactions, integrations, restructurings and governance matters before assuming the role of Corporate, Securities and M&A International Operations Director in 2008.
“I learned and confirmed many new things that helped me continue to address or perform when structuring divestitures. Thank you for the M&A Master Class on this topic."
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