M&A Blog and News
April 29, 2020
Many of you know our friend, colleague, and frequent workshop presenter, John Sinkus. With his 30+ year career as CIO, Enterprise Architect, and deep M&A subject expert on all things IT related, John has consulted with some of the world’s leading companies and has trained hundreds of executives and managers in the Art of IT M&A. I had a chance to discuss the upcoming M&A Leadership Council workshop, the Art of M&A Business and IT Alignment with John recently and wanted to share these highlights.
April 29, 2020
Chairman’s Message – April 2020
By Mark Herndon, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council
Debuting this month in our training series is our first online seminar, M&A Direct℠ Due Diligence, May 5-7. This course is adapted from our premier, onsite workshops that have been attended by over 4,000 executives from hundreds of companies in mainly every primary industry sector.
April 27, 2020
Including League Tables of Financial Advisors
Submitted by Mergermarket, An Acuris Company
Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, has released its 1Q20 report which revealed that after nearly ten years of growth, global M&A activity is down 39.1% by value on 1Q19 to USD 563.7bn over 3,685 transactions in 1Q20, and back to levels not seen since the first half of 2013
March 30, 2020
Ongoing Market Volatility Brings Challenges
Submitted by Mergermarket, an Acuris Company and Partner of the M&A Leadership Council
As the global spread of coronavirus continues, dealmakers in the US are trying to adjust to ongoing market volatility, with challenges for acquisition financing and some delays in sale processes expected, according to a survey of investment bankers.
March 26, 2020
By John Bender, President, and Christian Pape, Senior Partner, M&A Partners
March 25, 2020
Pulse Survey
By the M&A Leadership Council
All corporate M&A professionals are encouraged to respond to this survey and forward the open survey link to their respective key executives, top corporate development, strategy and M&A leaders.
March 25, 2020
Chairman's Message - March 2020
By Mark Herndon, Chairman of M&A Leadership Council
First and foremost, as the world responds to COVID-19, we wish each of our readers health, safety, and stability during these unprecedented events.
March 15, 2020
Purpose-built M&A software can be a foundational component of a company's M&A capability. It can help streamline and simplify the repetitive tasks required during any deal and helps keep integration executives informed with key milestone reports and timely risk, action, issue, and decision (RAID) reporting.