M&A Blog and News

November 29, 2015

For Immediate Release

DALLAS – November 12th, 2015 – The M&A Leadership Council today announced that Intralinks®, the leading, global SaaS provider of secure enterprise collaboration solutions, has joined the Council as a solutions partner and advisory firm ...

November 29, 2015

A View from the Trenches
by Jack Prouty, President M&A Leadership Council

In an acquisition of a target company, we typically spend a lot of time and attention on the management and staff we are acquiring. There is an attractive “consulting agreement” provided to the CEO who will be leaving in a few months, retention bonuses for key staff, stock options  ...

November 29, 2015

Leveraging Powerful Data Enables Effective Leaders to Predict Challenges and Opportunities
By Kieran Colville, Director, Change Leadership and Analytics Specialist, Ketchum Change

Change has changed: a cliché but it’s true. Organizations are operating more fluidly using informal networks. This new behavior coupled with today’s pace and complexity of change means that companies need a data-driven approach to leading change. To understand this ...
November 29, 2015

The Story of an Integration Flashpoint of the Worst Sort
by Mark Herndon, President, M&A Partners

Those words in a big, bold font literally jumped out at me from the bright yellow lapel buttons in the town hall meeting. There were dozens of them, and probably dozens more posted in cubicles throughout the building. That phrase, “are you my boss?” was now, officially, a flashpoint of the worst sort.....

November 29, 2015

Some Interesting M&A Data
Provided by Mergermarket

Mergermarket research shows that global M&A has broken last year’s annual tally after another Merger Monday in early November pushed 2015 total deal value to USD 3.29tn! For an infographic on the activity, please see HERE......

November 29, 2015

An Excerpt from "The Employee Handbook for Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions"
by Mitchell Lee Marks

If there is one final lesson we can offer on the M&A process it is that just as things may appear to be settling down, they can change all over again.  In one of our most important findings from studying mergers and acquisitions for over 30 years, we discovered that  ...

November 29, 2015

Seeking to Fill M&A Positions

Are you or someone you know ready for a new role in the M&A field?  Please check these listings and submit your resume to [email protected]; the Council will forward best candidates to the pertinent company ...

October 30, 2015
Chairman's Message, October 2015
by Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council
 
There is no question today that growth by acquisitions has become a business within our businesses.  There is no question that well executed M&A can contribute more to corporate value than many of the portfolio products or services delivered on a day-to-day basis.