M&A Blog and News

Mergers and acquisitions are peculiar events. Unfortunately, unlike other major organizational transitions, for many companies most planning for M&A occurs after the initial announcement. For example, when announcing an internal reorganization or new product launch, leadership is equipped with all the details and has a lot to communicate to employees—who will be affected, when changes will occur, and how they will be implemented. In some instances of M&A, by contrast, the due diligence, transition planning,

In our popular public workshop, The Art of M&A Integration, over fifty percent (50%) of the attendees state that their company is either doing or intends to do a cross-border transaction within the next year. While all M&As present challenges, when you start acquiring companies based in other countries or operating across multiple countries the issues and challenges become even more complex.

By Ellen Owens,
Director of Global M&A Integrations for Avnet 

In July, 2012, Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest distributors of electronic components and computer products with global headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, hired me to assist in the research, design, and deployment of a disciplined and standardized global M&A and Integration process.