M&A Blog and News

Here's a look at navigating national security regulations in the data economy.
Submitted by BDO, an M&A Leadership Council partner organization

Dynamic compliance strategies have become an imperative in deal consideration for foreign direct investment (FDI) in critical infrastructure as the United States seeks to modernize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review process, protect national security from emerging risk, and maintain an open investment policy. The rapidly shifting global economy, disruptive innovation, dual-use technologies, and the weaponization of information have become an unrelenting combination of force stimulating change and creating risk as billions of dollars of foreign investment surge into the U.S. economy.

Attendees from past workshops learned that success is truly in the details.
By Jack Prouty, President of the M&A Leadership Council

Our executive training program The Art of M&A Program Management doesn’t just focus on the details, like what should be included in team status reports and how to establish functional meeting cadences. It places M&A program management in the greater context of the priorities and objectives at each stage in the M&A life cycle.

Today it’s an honor to provide a few brief examples of senior executives who have put their convictions into practice in order to get post-merger staffing and talent selection right. While these essential aspects of post-merger integration often get overlooked, we believe getting the organization set and the talent decisions right are imperative to achieve integration strategy and deal value-capture.