Private Equity Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Complete Training
Break into Private Equity | Complete LBO Training from a Former PE Dealmaker (25+ Hours)
“The deepest practitioner-grade LBO training online — 25 hours covering everything from RJR Nabisco to modern dividend recaps and exits.”
Why this course
If the bootcamp gets you interview-ready, this is the course that makes you genuinely competent. 25 hours, 297 lectures, every angle of the LBO universe covered the way a senior PE dealmaker actually understands it.
We work through the full process: foundational structures and PE strategies, the RJR Nabisco LBO as the pivotal case study, key participants, financing instruments ranked by cost and risk, classic and modern capital structure theory, esoteric debt structures, optimal capital structure, covenants, debt capacity, the deal process, investment committee dynamics, advanced LBO modelling, valuation and debt structuring, management equity incentives, transaction documentation, value creation, exit strategies including IPOs, secondary buyouts, MBOs, partial exits and recapitalisations, and the ethical considerations and controversies that come with leveraged finance.
Trusted by over 1,100 students. This is what you study before, during and after you start a PE career.
What you will master
Every outcome below is built into the course — not a marketing list, the actual curriculum.
Who this course is for
- Finance professionals seeking deeper LBO and PE expertise
- Business students at undergraduate and graduate level specialising in finance
- Aspiring private equity investors and entrepreneurs entering PE
- Corporate executives considering LBOs as a growth or exit strategy
- Investment enthusiasts interested in the mechanics of major financial transactions and corporate restructuring
Requirements
- Basic understanding of finance — familiarity with financial statements and investment concepts
- Interest in corporate finance
- Access to a financial calculator or software useful for the exercises
- No advanced mathematics required
What students are saying
Verified reviews from students who completed the course on Udemy.
“As always, great and high value. Can’t wait to learn. It helps me a lot at this time in my private equity and investment funds career. Thanks!”
“It was a great course, very professional and a lot of very important information.”
“Very comprehensive course, great overview! Easy to digest and comprehensible!”
John Colley
Investment banker turned educator. 30+ years across Hoare Govett, M&A, private equity and corporate finance. Cambridge graduate, Bayes Business School MBA with Distinction.
Author of the Investment Banking Practitioner’s Handbook Series — the largest practitioner-authored IB content library available online. Trusted by 150,000+ students across 30+ Udemy courses.
Every course is built on real deal experience — not textbook theory. The voice is a senior banker explaining how things actually work, not a lecturer reading notes.
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