'M&A financing and refinancing can be a path to progress--starting today, as you read the ideas in this book and dream up your own.'
--Alex Sheshunoff, From the Foreword

The expansion of a business through merger or acquisition involves experience and wisdom. It involves the ability to envision how two or more combined companies can equal far more than the sum of their parts. It also involves, more often than not, the use of 'other people's money.' The Art of M&A Financing and Refinancing tells you how to obtain and repay that money, taking the complex, technical aspects of M&A finance and making them clear, understandable, and applicable to your situation.

This comprehensive reference handbook points you to all the facts, figures, names, and places you need to finance your next deal. Unique in that it concentrates solely on the most fundamental component of the M&A transaction--money--The Art of M&A Financing and Refinancing provides clear-headed advice and guidance on:

• The key financial sources and instruments you can use--for any kind of deal
• How to select the most appropriate type of financing--debt, equity, or a combination of the two
• Financing via debt--loans, bonds, and leases--and the virtually infinite ways to borrow or lend
• Tactics to consider in contracts, including contingent payments, earn-outs, and equity kickers
• How to determine when refinancing is necessary--and plan for it as a probability
• How volatile global events affect economic systems--and the impact this has on M&A financing and refinancing
• Debt/equity hybrids and the vehicles through which they travel--including mezzanine financing and seller takeback financing

The ability of one company to acquire another has helped companies throughout history grow stronger, more vibrant, and more competitive. Just as your business must establish satisfying relationships with external vendors and suppliers for its component parts and services, it must also become accustomed to using external financing for growth. Let The Art of M&A Financing and Refinancing show you how to combine the 'Main Street' of commercial banking with the 'Wall Street' of investment banking, and help you stay on the profitable side of the M&A success ledger.

Much of the success of a merger or acquisition is tied to the price paid (or overpaid) for the acquisition. In The Art of M&A Financing and Refinancing Lajoux divides the issues surrounding financing and refinancing into four sections that will provide the necessary background to have a complete understanding of this process. These parts are: I. The Basics of Financing and Refinancing; II. Sources of Financing; III. Instruments for Financing/Refinancing; IV. Strategies for Financing/Refinancing. A 'Global Issues' section will appear in each chapter and will examine international applications of each chapter. The book will be presented in a Q&A format similar to The Art of M&A and will include authoritative analysis from 50 M&A experts. In the user-friendly Q&A format of the popular Art of M&A Series, Lajoux's latest book provides authoritative analysis from 50 M&A experts on the basics, resources, and strategies for profitable financing and refinancing.