M&A Blog and News
June 7, 2017
Today’s post will provide a quick analysis of specific integration best practices statistically proven to drive a substantial increase in achieving the optimal pace of M&A integration, gleaned from our State of M&A Integration Effectiveness™ Survey.
June 1, 2017
“Integration begins with due diligence.” This key principle for success has been thoroughly vetted and proved time and again. But just what kind of early integration assessment and planning can and should be done during the actual due diligence process itself?
May 31, 2017
The final installment in our mini-series on getting the riskiest days right deals with getting your combined, post-close organization through a timely, effectively and business-focused operational cut-over.
May 30, 2017
May 2017 Chairman's Message
By Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council
Next month will mark the seventh anniversary of the M&A Leadership Council, an auspicious milestone that speaks to the evolution of the organization as a catalyst for professional excellence in the M&A community. It was June 29, 2010 that my partner Jack Prouty and I held the first event. The first program was held in Dallas, Texas and brought a total of twelve attendees. Since then more than 2,000 M&A professionals have attended M&A Leadership Council workshops all over the nation.
May 30, 2017
Insights from the 2016 Global Workforce Study
By Willis Towers Watson, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
Successful M&A transactions often depend on their impact on employees, and effective leadership and communications make a critical difference to their engagement. Findings from the 2016 Global Workforce Study highlight the people risks inherent in these transactions and reveal what employees value during a period of change.
May 30, 2017
The Tax Advisory Role in Buy-side Transactions
By Michael Williams,Transaction Advisory Services Tax Leader for BDO, a Partner of the M&A Leadership Council
As a strategic buyer, you can run across a multitude of complexities when evaluating a target company for acquisition, which is why the due diligence process is so important. And while tax considerations play a significant role in most transactions, tax due diligence is often overlooked in the due diligence process.
May 30, 2017
Sustainable Growth Will Win over Private Investors
By Troy Hooper of Mergermarket, a Partner of the M&A Leadership Council
Only nine technology companies have gone public this year. But this isn’t due to a lack of candidates. There are at least 100 high-caliber tech companies capable of going public that have thus far stayed private thanks to the deep and increasingly diverse pools of late-stage private capital available to them.
May 25, 2017
Let’s face it. Most acquirers aren’t very good at innovation. Cost synergies, yes. True innovation through the deals we sponsor or integrate? Not so much. Oh, sure, we talk a great game in the boardroom, but when it comes down to actually delivering on the innovation bullet point in your deal-book or making something real out of the half-baked assumptions you stuffed in the financial projection model as a placeholder, there’s typically a lot more talk than action.