Dr Ashwini Agrawal

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Law and Finance. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course uses controlled access as part of the course selection process. For information on controlled access courses, including eligibility, application processes, deadlines, and departmental contact details, please refer to the Controlled Access Courses webpage.

All students on a programme listed above will be given a place. This course is closed to outside students and does not permit auditing students.

Please contact finance.teachingmanager@lse.ac.uk with any queries.

This course is available on the MSc in Law and Finance only. Students on any other programme are not permitted to take this course.

Co-requisites:

Students must complete FM479 and LL4FA either before taking this course or in the same year as this course.

This course covers advanced topics in Corporate Finance. It focuses on the strategy, valuation and execution of corporate deals. In particular, the first part of the course covers mergers, divestitures, partial-divestitures (e.g. equity carve outs) and leveraged buyouts. The second part of the course provides a framework of analysis for the resolution of financial distress and bankruptcy. Each of the topics introduced in this course covers both institutional details and results of relevant academic research. It is furthermore supported by case studies.

30 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.

This course is taught in an interactive format. There is no distinction between lectures and classes/seminars; there are simply “sessions” where the pedagogical approach is always interactive.

There will be some formative assignments distributed during the term.

A course pack will be distributed that includes case studies as well as additional readings such as textbook chapters, and practitioner articles.

Continuous assessment (100%).