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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Analyze corporate restructuring, distress, and recovery strategies.

  • Apply valuation methods like DCF and APV in restructuring decisions.

  • Evaluate financial performance using metrics like ROCE and DSCR.

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May 2026

Assessments

40 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Corporate Restructuring and Valuation Specialization
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There are 10 modules in this course

Master corporate financial restructuring and learn how companies recover from financial distress, optimize capital structure, and create long-term value. Develop practical skills in valuation, financial modelling, and restructuring strategy.

This course provides a comprehensive and structured approach to corporate restructuring, covering mergers, divestitures, debt restructuring, and bankruptcy principles. You will learn how organizations respond to financial distress and implement strategies to stabilize and improve performance. You will apply valuation techniques such as Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and advanced models like Adjusted Present Value (APV), while analyzing GAAP and market balance sheets. The course also focuses on debt restructuring, creditor negotiations, and financial recovery frameworks used in real-world corporate finance. Through scenario modelling and case studies, you will evaluate key financial metrics such as ROCE and DSCR, interpret projected cash flows, and assess post-restructuring performance. By the end of the course, you will be able to analyze complex restructuring scenarios, apply financial modelling techniques, and make informed corporate finance decisionsβ€”preparing you for careers in investment banking, consulting, and financial analysis.

This module introduces the fundamental principles of corporate restructuring, explaining why organizations restructure and how mergers, alliances, and structural business changes support strategic growth. Learners explore key restructuring types, merger motivations, and corporate alliance structures used in modern corporate finance.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 77 minutes
  • Introduction to Corporate Restructuringβ€’7 minutes
  • Overview on Restructuringβ€’7 minutes
  • What is Corporate Restructuringβ€’7 minutes
  • Types of restructuringβ€’5 minutes
  • Reason for Mergerβ€’9 minutes
  • Horizontal Mergerβ€’9 minutes
  • Concentric Mergerβ€’9 minutes
  • Amalgamtionβ€’7 minutes
  • Joint Ventureβ€’9 minutes
  • Demergerβ€’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Introduction to Corporate Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Strategic Drivers of Mergersβ€’10 minutes
  • Structural Forms of Corporate Alliancesβ€’10 minutes
  • Foundations of Corporate Restructuringβ€’30 minutes

This module explores corporate restructuring methods that organizations use to realign business operations and financial structures. Learners examine divestment strategies, equity carve-outs, capital reduction, and restructuring roadmaps while applying financial modelling concepts in restructuring case studies.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 73 minutes
  • Equity Carve Outsβ€’9 minutes
  • Divestureβ€’7 minutes
  • Motives of Corporate Restructuringβ€’7 minutes
  • Forms of Corporate Restructuringβ€’6 minutes
  • Capital Reductionβ€’7 minutes
  • Roadmapβ€’9 minutes
  • Power System Restructuring Modelβ€’9 minutes
  • CDR Case Studyβ€’5 minutes
  • GAAP Balance Sheet Normally Drwan UPβ€’9 minutes
  • DCF Modelling Beginsβ€’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Divestment and Corporate Separationβ€’10 minutes
  • Financial Changes in Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Restructuring Case Foundationsβ€’10 minutes
  • Corporate Restructuring Methodsβ€’30 minutes

This module focuses on financial modelling techniques used to analyze corporate restructuring decisions. Learners examine Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, GAAP and market balance sheet adjustments, and valuation impacts under changing market conditions.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 78 minutes
  • DCF Modelling Completeβ€’6 minutes
  • GAAP ISUUE of 150 Kβ€’7 minutes
  • Market Balance Sheet Post stock offering of 150kβ€’7 minutes
  • Market Balance Sheet - Martket is Bullishβ€’9 minutes
  • GAAP Balance Sheet Better Credit Termsβ€’8 minutes
  • Market Balance Sheet Post Acquistionβ€’7 minutes
  • GAAP Balance Sheet Distress Marketβ€’8 minutes
  • Market Balance Sheet Distress Marketβ€’9 minutes
  • DCF Modellingβ€’8 minutes
  • Advantage and Disadvantageβ€’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • DCF Modelling and Balance Sheet Changesβ€’10 minutes
  • Credit Conditions and Acquisitionsβ€’10 minutes
  • Market Distress and Modellingβ€’10 minutes
  • Financial Restructuring and Valuation Foundationsβ€’30 minutes

This module examines restructuring strategies used to manage corporate debt and financial distress. Learners analyze out-of-court restructuring plans, bankruptcy principles, creditor priority rules, and financial recovery analysis used to determine post-restructuring equity value.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Balance sheet out of Court Restructuring Planβ€’6 minutes
  • Discussion on Out of Court Restrcuturing Planβ€’8 minutes
  • Discount to Equityβ€’5 minutes
  • Secured vs Unsecured Loanβ€’8 minutes
  • What if in Case of Bankruptcyβ€’8 minutes
  • Absloute Priority Ruleβ€’8 minutes
  • Priority Distributionβ€’6 minutes
  • Recoveryβ€’8 minutes
  • Total Recovery Liablities and Liquidityβ€’7 minutes
  • Equity Value Post Restructuringβ€’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 80 minutes
  • Out-of-Court Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Bankruptcy and Priorityβ€’30 minutes
  • Recovery and Post-Restructuring Valueβ€’10 minutes
  • Debt Restructuring and Bankruptcy Principlesβ€’30 minutes

This module explores creditor-driven restructuring actions and the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) framework. Learners analyze debt waivers, debt-equity conversions, and financial viability indicators such as ROCE, DSCR, and breakeven analysis used in restructuring decisions.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 85 minutes
  • Creditors and Lenders Waving off the Claimβ€’8 minutes
  • Equity Conversion of the Claimβ€’8 minutes
  • Summary of CDRβ€’11 minutes
  • Benefit Available from Internal Recoβ€’10 minutes
  • Final Benefitβ€’9 minutes
  • What is CDRβ€’8 minutes
  • CDR Structureβ€’8 minutes
  • Viablity Parameters - ROCE Minβ€’7 minutes
  • Viablity Parameters - DSCR Ratioβ€’7 minutes
  • Breakeven Analysisβ€’10 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Creditors’ Decisions in Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Understanding Corporate Debt Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Viability Assessmentβ€’10 minutes
  • Corporate Debt Restructuring and Viability Analysisβ€’30 minutes

This module examines the role of banks and financial institutions in corporate restructuring processes. Learners analyze financial restructuring components, the relationship between business restructuring and equity restructuring, and value creation models used to improve corporate financial performance.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 85 minutes
  • Impact on Banksβ€’10 minutes
  • Impact on Banks Continueβ€’6 minutes
  • Meaning of Financial Restructuringβ€’6 minutes
  • Component of Financial Restructuringβ€’9 minutes
  • Business Restructure Behind Equity Restruturingβ€’11 minutes
  • Value Creationβ€’8 minutes
  • Input and Outputβ€’7 minutes
  • Conclusion of Restruturing Value Creationβ€’10 minutes
  • Explanation of the Case Studyβ€’10 minutes
  • Question no 1β€’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Impact of Restructuring on Banksβ€’10 minutes
  • Equity and Business Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Value Creation in Restructuringβ€’10 minutes
  • Banking Impact and Value Creation in Restructuringβ€’30 minutes

This module applies restructuring concepts through detailed financial case study analysis. Learners examine restructuring questions, shareholder valuation, debt valuation, and distress valuation methods including going concern assumptions and simulation modelling.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 88 minutes
  • Question no 1 Continueβ€’8 minutes
  • Question 2β€’9 minutes
  • Question 2 Continueβ€’8 minutes
  • Question 3β€’7 minutes
  • Question 3 Continueβ€’9 minutes
  • Shareholders Valuationβ€’10 minutes
  • Value of Debtβ€’10 minutes
  • The Going Concern Assumtionβ€’7 minutes
  • Dealing in Distress in DCF Valuationβ€’10 minutes
  • Simualtionβ€’10 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Case Study Problem Solvingβ€’10 minutes
  • Valuation Conceptsβ€’10 minutes
  • Distress Valuation Methodsβ€’10 minutes
  • Case Study Evaluation and Valuation Fundamentalsβ€’30 minutes

This module introduces advanced valuation models used in corporate restructuring and capital structure decisions. Learners analyze probability of distress estimation, Adjusted Present Value (APV) models, bond rating impacts, and debt-to-equity exchange strategies.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 71 minutes
  • Step 2 Estimating the Probablity of Distessβ€’10 minutes
  • Adjusted Present Value Modelβ€’7 minutes
  • Multiple Valuationβ€’3 minutes
  • Earning per Shareβ€’6 minutes
  • Interest Rate as Per the Bond Ratingβ€’7 minutes
  • Value of Levered Firmβ€’11 minutes
  • Carrying Value of the Bondaβ€’7 minutes
  • Xchange for Stockβ€’7 minutes
  • New Firmβ€’6 minutes
  • Carrying Value of the Existing Debtβ€’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Distress Probability and Valuation Modelsβ€’10 minutes
  • Debt and Firm Valuationβ€’10 minutes
  • Debt Exchange and Capital Structureβ€’10 minutes
  • Advanced Valuation and Capital Structure Decisionsβ€’30 minutes

This module focuses on financial analysis techniques used to evaluate restructuring outcomes. Learners analyze amortization schedules, projected cash flows, financial scenario modelling, weighted returns, revenue growth, and profitability metrics in restructuring case studies.

What's included

10 videos4 assignments

10 videosβ€’Total 80 minutes
  • Amortization Tableβ€’7 minutes
  • Total Future Cash Flowβ€’8 minutes
  • Financial Details of the Case Studyβ€’7 minutes
  • Explanation of all 3 Scenariosβ€’9 minutes
  • Explanation of the 3 Scenarios Continueβ€’7 minutes
  • Weighted Returnsβ€’8 minutes
  • Revenue Growthβ€’9 minutes
  • Operating Profit Calculationβ€’7 minutes
  • Accounts Receibaleβ€’8 minutes
  • Total Shareholders Equity and Liablitiesβ€’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Cash Flow and Amortization Analysisβ€’10 minutes
  • Scenario Evaluationβ€’10 minutes
  • Profit and Balance Sheet Componentsβ€’10 minutes
  • Financial Analysis and Scenario Modellingβ€’30 minutes

This final module integrates financial statement analysis with restructuring outcomes to evaluate corporate performance after restructuring. Learners examine cash flow statements, working capital analysis, capital structure decisions, leverage metrics, and final case study scenarios.

What's included

12 videos4 assignments

12 videosβ€’Total 95 minutes
  • Cash Flow Statementβ€’7 minutes
  • Property Plant and Equipmentsβ€’7 minutes
  • Working Capitalβ€’8 minutes
  • Summary Table of all the Itemsβ€’5 minutes
  • Capital Structureβ€’8 minutes
  • Interest Incomeβ€’10 minutes
  • Total Debt Leverageβ€’9 minutes
  • Consequences of Turmoil in Businessβ€’9 minutes
  • Outcomesβ€’10 minutes
  • Base Case Scenarioβ€’9 minutes
  • Conclusion on Case Studyβ€’10 minutes
  • Outlook of 2018 and Ending Linesβ€’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Financial Statement Componentsβ€’10 minutes
  • Capital Structure and Debt Metricsβ€’10 minutes
  • Final Scenario Outcomes and Course Conclusionβ€’10 minutes
  • Capital Structure, Financial Statements and Final Case Outcomesβ€’30 minutes

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