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Students and Faculty

Mergers and Acquisitions Summer Program

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51%

Women

57

Nationalities represented

55% 

Student nationalities outside of Europe

22

Average age

48%

Post-bachelor's level

29%

Non-business background

*Total Summer School 2024 Profiles

Some Students' Home Academic Institutions in 2024

  • Vienna University, Austria
  • Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil 
  • McGill University, Canada
  • University of British Columbia, Canada
  • FUDAN University, China
  • Peking University, China,
  • Shanghai University, China
  • Sciences Po Paris, France
  • TUM Munich, Germany
  • HKUST, Hong Kong
  • Ashoka University, India
  • IITB Bombay, India
  • Bocconi University, Italy
  • LUISS Business School, Italy
  • University of Tokyo, Japan
  • University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • ESADE, Spain
  • IE Business School, Spain
  • University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • University of California, Berkeley, USA 
  • Cornell University, USA
  • HULT International BS, USA
  • Imperial College London, UK
  • London School of Economics, UK
  • London Business School, UK
  • University College London, UK
  • University of Cambridge, UK
  • University of Oxford, UK
     

Students

Summer school

HEC’s switched on and interactive teaching style made it very enjoyable to be active in class. Based on the super steep learning curve, these two weeks were the perfect preparation for my subsequent internship in Frankfurt.

 

Based on my very Finance...

Nico Fischer

Summer School

Mergers & Acquisitions

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HEC Paris has always represented French excellence and international success. It is the exact reason why my trust went for their summer program rather than any other. 


I grew up in France and went to a French high school before going to London to...

Dina Oualitsen

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Mergers & Acquisitions

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The diversity of the cohort broadened my perspective and made it an intellectually stimulating experience that pushed us to explore ideas beyond conventional thinking.

 

Currently enrolled in the Master’s in Finance program at London Business School, I...

Roderick Verspagen

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Mergers & Acquisitions

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It has been an enriching experience that helped me open my worldview and has changed the meaning of “International” for me. 


I have always been a hands-on type of person. It has proven difficult to be hands on because normally in school and university...

Pablo Diaz de Leon

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Investment Banking & International Finance

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Academic Team

Patrick Legland

Patrick Legland
Academic Director,
Affiliate Professor,
Finance Department
HEC Paris

A finance professional for over 25 years, Patrick Legland specializes in Equity, Debt Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Legland is an Affiliate Professor in the HEC Paris Finance Department, a Graduate Member of the SFAF, as well as an instructor of Financial Markets at Sciences Po Paris. He is a Board member of the HEC Finance Club, which makes an annual award for the best professional thesis at HEC Paris.

Mr. Legland has served as the Managing Director of several investment banks (Société Générale, UBS, BNP Paribas, Philips & Drew) in Hong Kong, London and Paris. Having led diverse global teams, Mr. Legland benefits from vast international experience, which he brings into the classroom. Through his role as Global Head of Research and as a Global Capital Market member within a large investment bank, he has conducted research on corporate finance, valuation and financial markets and has published numerous professional articles in the field.

Patrick is the founder of a Global Advisory firm, which advises corporations on financial transactions, valuations, value creation and management. He has developed a specific expertise on cross-border M&A transactions between Europe, Asia and the Middle East.