Mergers Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings 4th Edition
By Patrick A. Gaughan
The world of mergers and acquisitions has undergone dramatic changes in
the last few years. It has impacted business managers, financial
executives and even auditors. Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate
Restructurings provides A to Z coverage on this timely topic. The first
part of the book is an introduction to the topic. The next section
covers hostile takeovers followed by private transactions and leveraged
buyouts. After getting through those sections it jumps into corporate
restructurings such as bankruptcies, corporate governance, joint
ventures, valuations and tax issues. There is little coverage on the
audit issues but there is still useful information and knowledge that
can be gleaned from these pages. Internal auditors can be on either side
of a merger or acquisition and therefore the more information that an
auditor has, the better equipped he is to deal with adverse situations
or opportunities (depending on which side of the deal the auditor is
on). This book is definitely a resource to consider if you anticipate
M&A activity in your future.