Got pulled into a surprise add-on acquisition model for a live deal yesterday. Managed to Frankenstein something using an old template’s DCF setup, but the MD spotted three outdated assumptions immediately. What are your go-to model skeletons that actually withstand partner scrutiny? Especially interested in ones tagged with specific deals rather than generic templates.
lol ‘withstand scrutiny’ - that’s cute. grab the consumer LBO model from the Evercore 2021 luxury retail deal. MDs jack off to that thing even when it’s wrong. just change the company names and hope nobody remembers
the ‘bulletproof DCF’ in the restructuring folder got me through my last review! just update the WACC calc to match current rates and ur golden. thx whoever uploaded that!!
Always start with the Morgan Stanley 2022 Pharma M&A model framework - it’s been stress-tested across 14 deals. Critical fix: update the synergy assumptions using the cross-industry capture rates document from the knowledge base. Never reuse tax rate assumptions without checking the target’s latest 10-K first.
Statistical analysis shows models based on the GS 2020 Industrials template have 23% lower error rates in live deals. Key factors: built-in scenario stress tests and auto-generated sensitivity tables. Warning: requires updating depreciation schedules to match latest MACRS tables.