Programme Outline

• Learn to use a framework to consider issues before launching a Strategic Alliance
  • Enable participants to identify and assess the key issues we must consider before launching a Strategic Alliance
  • Provide knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate a Strategic opportunity and assess its strategic fit
  • Prepare how to conduct due diligence on a potential Strategic / JV partner.
  • Empower participants to structure a Strategic Alliance agreement and allocate ownership and control in a way that aligns with their company’s goals and objectives
  • Enable participants to identify and mitigate the risks associated with Strategic Alliance
  • Prepare participants to manage a Strategic Alliance throughout its life cycle, from inception
• Sharing a successful and unsuccessful actual case study.  Discuss issues faced and major learnings. Work through and discuss with participants on how they would have handled the issues faced differently.
• Q&A

On the completion of this course, you will:

• Learn a theoretical framework to consider issues, including but not limited to:
  • Why Strategic Alliance are formed and the benefits and risks they can offer.
  • How to evaluate a JV opportunity and assess its strategic fit
  • How to conduct due diligence on a potential JV partner
  • How to structure a JV agreement and allocate ownership and control
• Apply this framework on actual case studies – one successful and one unsuccessful case.
• Gain additional practical knowledge through the discussion session with fellow participants and the lecturer.
• Able to apply this framework and key takeaways from the practical discussion to their work on the next day, moving forward.

Training Methodology
Lecture, encouraging active participation among participants to better retain and internalize their learning. Includes a practical case study, presentation, critique and discussion to focus on the active application of knowledge learnt.

Closing Date for Registration
1 week before programme or until full enrolment

Intended For

CFOs, Financial Controller, Finance Director, Finance Manager and other finance executives who are considering launching a strategic alliance such as a joint venture (JV). This would include participants from companies of all sizes, from small businesses to large multinationals and those companies looking for regional expansion. The course would also be of interest to other professionals involved in the strategic alliance process, such as:

• Corporate development executives
• M&A professionals
• Strategy consultants

Programme Facilitator(s)