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Executive Education

What: The Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor® Credentialing Program is an advanced credential evidencing the highest recognized standards of professional excellence for middle market corporate financial advisory and transactional services.

When: December 3 – 7, 2012

Where: Pepperdine University's Villa Graziadio Executive Center, Malibu

Online registration coming soon.

Overview:

Requirements | Instructor Bios | Agenda | Registration & Fees

Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor® Credentialing Program (CM&AA) is the premier advanced professional credential awarded to the best business transaction and advisory professionals, including MBAs, CPAs, CFAs, attorneys, and other highly qualified experts.

The CM&AA training program is designed for M&A professionals seeking to develop their professional and leadership competencies to the highest level of excellence and to help make it easier for companies to select an M&A advisor of the highest caliber. The CM&AA certification has become the "gold standard" for middle market corporate financial advisors, earning up to 36 CPE credit hours.

The week-long program is aimed at business professionals working in the middle market ($5-500M). Investors and advisors will walk away with world-class information, certification and tools – and more importantly – extraordinary professional competence.

The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® (AM&AA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.State Boards of Accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Approved for 36 CPE credits.

Approved for up to 36 CTP/CCM recertification credits by the Association for Financial Professionals.

Agenda:

Day 1:	The Private Capital Marketplace The Dynamics of an M&A Engagement (Part 1)
Day 2:	The Dynamics of an M&A Engagement (Part 2) Financing Acquisitions & Exits
Day 3:	Business Valuation and M&A Standards
Day 4:	M&A Tax Issues M&A Legal Issues
Day 5:	Corporate Finance and M&A Development Exam

Registration and Fees:

Program cost: $3,995

Five-day training program includes PowerPoint presentations, Business Valuation (BVX) software license for one year, exam fees, AM&AA membership dues for one year.

Textbook Cost: Approximately $285

Attendees are responsible for ordering the following four titles (recommended ordering through Amazon.com):

Middle Market M&A Handbook by AM&AA contributing authors
Private Capital Markets - 2^nd Ed., by Rob Slee
The Handbook of Financing Growth - 2^nd Ed., by Kenneth H. Marks
Valuation for M&A: Building Value in Private Companies – 2^nd Ed., by Chris M. Mellen and Frank C. Evans

Accommodations:

Pepperdine has secured discounted rates at hotels located near the campus. Limited space is available so be sure to book early. Click here for hotel details.