Lecture: Mergers and Acquisitions - Details

General information

Course name	Lecture: Mergers and Acquisitions
Semester	WiSe 2025/26
Current number of participants	20
Home institute	BWL, insb. Betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerlehre
Courses type	Lecture in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date	Tuesday, 21.10.2025 15:00 - 16:00, Room: Raum 222 (Raum 57) [WiWi]
Lehrsprache(n)	Englisch

Lecturers

• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kraft
• Dr. Sven Hentschel, LL.M. oec.

Tutor

• Dr. Christin Haberkorn, M. Sc., LL.M.oec.

Rooms and times

Raum 222 (Raum 57) [WiWi]

Tuesday, 21.10.2025 15:00 - 16:00

(https://uni-halle.webex.com/uni-halle/j.php?MTID=m7f2e983b4182e0f9d8fd680e4c7d67a9)

Monday, 03.11.2025 12:00 - 14:00

Seminarraum I (Juridicum)

Wednesday, 17.12.2025 08:00 - 13:00

Fields of study

• Juristische und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät > Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Bereich - School of Economics and Business > Bachelor > Bereich Betriebswirtschaftslehre
• Juristische und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät > Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Bereich - School of Economics and Business > Bachelor > Fundamentals of Business Management
• Lectures and Courses in English (International Studies) > Faculty of Law, Economics and Business

Module assignments

• Betriebswirtschaftslehre BusinessEconomics180, Version of accreditation valid from WS 2020/21 > Wahlpflichtbereich > WIW.06832.01 - Issues in Business Studies II, valid from SS 2020 > Course 1: Lecture (Vorlesung oder Seminar)

Comment/Description

Learning objectives:
- Fundamentals, Terminology and Definitions regarding Acquisitions, Mergers, Demergers and related strategies
- Acquisition of profound knowledge regarding specifics of related M&A-strategies (merger and demerger types)
- Ability to embed reorganizational strategies into a holistic strategical perspective of decision-making models
- Acquisition of basic knowledge with respect to relevant legal provisions

Contents:
- M&A-strategies as Part of a holistic perspective on Business strategies
- Rationale for Acquisitions
- Rationale for Mergers
- Rationale for Demergers
- Going public; going private
- Distressed entities
- The Reorganization Process (Virtual Data Room, Due Diligence)