45-921 Corporate Restructuring

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

FOR MBA STUDENTS ONLY. Corporate restructuring 45921 analyzes the financial, economic, and strategic reasons for major corporate restructuring transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leverage buyouts and private equity deals, financial restructurings, and bankruptcy reorganizations. We will analyze in class each type of restructuring transaction, focusing on how the transaction is structured, why it occurs, and whether it creates value empirically. Students will work in groups to analyze realworld case studies dealing with each type of restructuring transaction, prepare written reports, and make presentations.

Prerequisites: 45-820 (min C) and 45-720 (min C)

Offered: Spring 2027

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