M&A Blog and News
April 25, 2017
IT Integration vs. Rationalization
By Mark Herndon, President, M&A Partners, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
One of the common regrets we often hear from senior executives during surveys and internal M&A capability assessments is that they “throttled back” on integration efforts too quickly post-closing. Meaning, they achieved short-term integration success, such as we have previously defined as “steady-state ...
April 25, 2017
An Essential Element in the M&A Due Diligence Process
By Nolan Willis, PMP, LSSBB - IT Due Diligence Leader, BDO, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
Performing IT due diligence prior to a merger or acquisition has become an essential step to ensure better valuation, financial modeling, and risk mitigation. The primary objective of IT due diligence is to determine if there are insurmountable risks which could impact the transaction ...
April 25, 2017
Record High Levels of M&A Activity for Asia in Q1 but Muted Results Globally
Submitted by Willis Towers Watson, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
LONDON, 5th April, 2017 — The number of Asian M&A deals completed* in the first quarter of 2017 is the highest number deals in recent history** according to Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM). Asian acquirers completed 80 deals in Q1 ...
April 25, 2017
A Crucial Step Within M&A
By Shaun Crimmins with Midaxo
In the Mergers and Acquisitions landscape there is very little margin for error, which could explain why more deals fail than meet or exceed goals. The number of factors contributing to failed acquisitions is certainly a long list, and applies to every stage of ...
April 25, 2017
Maintaining Secrecy During the M&A Process
Submitted by Intralinks, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
As a deal gets going, bankers are tasked with choosing the M&A project name to try and maintain secrecy during the M&A process. So, which were the most popular in 2016? Intralinks shares the top 10 code names, here ...
April 25, 2017
Global and Regional M&A: Q1 2017
Provided by MergerMarket, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
Mergermarket has released its Global M&A roundup for the first quarter of 2017 (Q1), including its league tables for financial advisors. Take a look at the report HERE! And please make sure to take a look at some of the great charts breaking down the activity by sector, value, year-to-year...
April 12, 2017
Last week we introduced our “Cultural Iceberg” model that we’ve found to be a practical and meaningful way to think about culture during M&A (see Defining Culture – An Integrator’s Model). In sum, this model says that culture is best defined as the norms and expectations as driven by these three “levels,” or types of cultural elements: Symbols & Strategies; Work Processes & Protocols; and Core Values, Beliefs & Behaviors.
March 29, 2017
Now that your organization has embraced the best practice of utilizing a full-time, dedicated integration leader, the key question becomes “who?” To start with, let me share the priceless wisdom of my friend and colleague Jim Jeffries, Founder and Chairman of the M&A Leadership Council. “Availability is not a criterion for the integration leader!”
He’s absolutely right. You have to find the “most sought-after” executive to lead this task and this person is NEVER available. So what now?