How do I prep for an EB Shareholder Activism and Defense Interview?

Hi all, have an interview (SA26) lined up for Shareholder Advisory and Defense at an EB next week. Any advice on how to prep for this? Was wondering how different it would be from a standard EB interview – should I expect standard difficult techs? Or easier on the LBO/Merger model side?

I really have no idea how to prep for the group-specific parts of this and was wondering how hard it might be compared to a standard SA M&A interview. 

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Analyst at Evercore SDSA said it's basically the same as a classic M&A interview + heavy on some esoteric LBO stuff. Not sure about the other EBs but hope this helps 


Don’t think it’s much LBO, think it’s mostly accounting / merger model stuff. Prob some accretion dilution math.

 
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I went to super day with them a few years ago. They said many times that they don't model. 

Best preparation is (1) know as much as possible about activism as an investing strategy (eg what kind of targets attract activists, how do companies defend against activists, who are the key players (investors/law firms/banks), common tactics), (2) have  a logical reason for wanting to specialize in the space, and (3) prepare 2-3 particular activist situations 

There is a huge wealth of info available on Google if you search

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