M&A Blog and News
January 23, 2024
Combine the #1 Indicator With Other Considerations
By M&A Leadership Council
Divestiture, the process of selling or liquidating a portion of a business, is a crucial strategic decision companies face. Timing, in this context, is not just a factor but often the determinant of success. Knowing when to let go ...
January 18, 2024
Who's On First
By Jack Prouty, President, M&A Leadership Council
While consensus management may be a credible way of managing the day-to-day business, it is not the way to operate an effective M&A. Roles and responsibilities need to be clearly identified, assigned and ...
January 13, 2024
Fundamentals of Near-Term Acquisition Strategy and Planning
By M&A Leadership Council
When considering the integration strategy and planning for a near-term acquisition, there are fundamental factors to consider, especially regarding timing, the approach to integration, differentiation between deal types, .....
January 11, 2024
Understanding Value Drivers, Value Creation and Synergies
By M&A Leadership Council
In the landscape of mergers and acquisitions, understanding and harnessing the concepts of value drivers, value creation, and synergies are paramount to the success of any strategic transaction.....
January 8, 2024
The Art of M&A® / Integration: The Postmerger Plan
An excerpt from The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide by Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Some plans never get implemented or get implemented poorly. How can postmerger planners avoid this problem?
The following 15-point M&A planning checklist can help integration planners at the senior ....
January 4, 2024
How to Execute Your First Acquisition
By Mark Herndon, Chairman Emeritus of M&A Leadership Council
Over the years, we've met with dozens of executive teams ranging from roughly $100M to well over $3B in annual revenues that were just then venturing out to buy their first-ever company – or in some cases, their first ....
December 19, 2023
What Workstream Leads Need to Develop to Improve Deal Success
M&A is a team sport. Just like other team sports, it takes people with a variety of strengths, skills and knowledge to put a winning M&A team together. M&A success is heavily dependent upon top-down leadership to provide the strategy....
December 13, 2023
Success Depends on Planning and Coordination Across the Enterprise
By Lori DeVincent, CMAS, M&A Leadership Council Alumna and Director of Information Technology at ResCap Liquidating Trust
Many times the decision to divest a business entity is made in a board room, kept quiet or shared with a limited audience until the close of the deal. Of course, there are many good reasons to limit those in the know. But if you are responsible .....