Student Mergers and Acquisitions Society

The M&A Society at Cass provides members with an insight to into the world of deal making and the M&A process. Our regular events each year discuss industry developments, analyse the latest market trends and provide career advice to aspiring investment bankers from the industry's biggest recruitment specialists and leading corporate financiers. Our work is not solely restricted to M&A as we look to explore the wider corporate finance landscape and touch upon the fields of equity capital markets and other investment banking activities.

Working side by side with the renowned Mergers & Acquisition Research Centre (MARC), we bring together an exciting mix of academics and professionals. Our keystone event, the annual M&A conference held in June, is the largest student-led M&A conference in the world and has attracted speakers from firms including: The BlackStone Group, Balderton Capital, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Société Générale and Ondra Partners.

Visit our Clubs and Societies page and choose 'The Mergers & Acquisitions Society' from the list to join the society.

2011/12 academic year

Officers

Professor Scott Moeller
Professor in the Practice of Finance and Director of the Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre (MARC)
Senior Advisor

Nicolas Greilsamer
Citigroup Global Banking
Chairman

Ali Mahmoud
BSc Investment & Financial Risk Management
President

Marius Hagen
BSc Investment & Financial Risk Management
Vice President

Elisabeth Assaf
BSc Banking & International Finance
Vice President

Erlend Munthe-Kaas
MSc Banking & International Finance
Communications Officer

Youmna Assaf
MSc Finance
Treasurer

Minas Panayi
BSc Banking & International Finance
Editor-in-chief, The M&A Society Magazine

Events

Tech Bubble 2.0? - 6 March 2012

A discussion on the latest developments within the technology sector - more information and registration here.

An Introduction to Careers in M&A - 29 March 2012

Think a career in M&A is only about IBD? Think again.  More information and registration here.

The Story of Mergermarket - 23 May 2012

A unique opportunity to interact directly with the Global Editor-in-Chief of Mergermarket, Giovanni Amodeo - more information and registration here.

EMBA M&A Workshop - 30 May 2012

Led by Director of M&A at Siemens AG, Markus Duschat, this exclusive workshop is for EMBA students - more information and registration here.

The M&A Conference 2012 - 13 June 2012

The second annual M&A conference - full details coming shortly.

2010/11 academic year

Officers

Nicolas Greilsamer
President

Jacob Walberg
Vice President

Michal Piwowarczyk
Treasurer

2009/10 academic year

Officers

Dafne Sanac
President

Chih-Yan Ivan Wong
Vice President, LBOs

Events

Andrew Harrison and Phill Lovett, Managing Directors of Corporate and Structured Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland (24 February 2010)
Andrew and Phill shared their insights into the latest corporate acquisition activities and the key issues of concern for private equity-sponsored deals.

Meyrick Cox, Managing Director, Rothschild (24 May 2010).
Meyrick spoke on the Geely-Volvo deal, from pitching to closing.

Keri Elborn, Director Senior Lead, Barclays Corporate Development (14 June 2010)
Keri presented about his career as a corporate development specialist. In particular, he highlighted the differences and similarities between corporate development professionals and investment bankers.