Here’s a startling thought: your customers probably have more M&A experience than you do! Think about it. Whether your business is B2B or B2C doesn’t matter. Your customers have more M&A related “been there, done that” deal-count experience with other businesses they interface with than your current leadership team could ever hope to achieve.
If you’re just now picking up this three-part mini-series on “getting the riskiest days right,” please be sure to catch on what we believe are the riskiest days in M&A and why: The Riskiest Day and Getting Announcement Day Right.
Chairman's Message, November 2016
By Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council
Well, here we are approaching the end of 2016 and making plans for 2017. It gives me great pleasure to announce that BDO has joined the M&A Leadership Council and will be leading the Transaction Management portion of our broad training programs for next year with a focus on ...
How the Trump Presidency will Impact M&A
Contributed by Intralinks, A Partner of M&A Leadership Council
Did you see it coming? Over the last nine months,Intralinks polled thousands of global dealmakers to understand how they thought a Trump presidency would impact M&A. In this quarter’s Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor we use our data and look to the future, discussing what...
Chart YOUR Path in 2017
By April Dumas, Marketing & Program Manager, M&A Leadership Council
Professional certifications are important in today’s marketplace. Historically, certifications were meant to protect the public and deliver the highest quality of service. In the M&A world, it speaks volumes to your colleagues and awards you with the recognition you deserve....
Shaping the Future of M&A
Submitted by Mergermarket, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
With an increase in demand for digital content, as well as an influx of new advancements to meet these needs, media and technology companies are using M&A as a strategic tool to rapidly grow. Most acquirers are using this tool to enter new market segments, as they realize three ...
As Trump is Sworn in as President the Picture Will Become Clearer
Provided by Mergermarket, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
For all the protectionist rhetoric that contributed to Donald Trump's stunning victory, dealmakers this week voiced hopes that, now that he is President-elect, the real estate mogul’s love of a deal would translate into a pro-business stance that would bode well for M&A activity ...
10 Ways to Apply the Science of Project Management to the Art of M&A
By Dr. Alexandra Reed Lajoux, Board of M&A Standards/Founding Principal at CapEx and Professor Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, Projects, Inc.
Last year, some 40,000 companies changed ownership, for a total deal value of some $5 trillion, according to Thomson Reuters. That means 40,000 massive transformation projects people are managing – but how well are they executing them? And have they been planned using ...
Blockbuster Deals Push Up Q3 Values
Contributed by Baker & McKenzie and Mergermarket, Partners of M&A Leadership Council
While political and macroeconomic uncertainty put a dampener on M&A volume in Q3, it hasn't prevented deal value from rocketing quarter-on-quarter. Large multinational strategic buyers are maintaining a growth rationale that favors acquisitions, pushing up cross-border valuations...
Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor: Q3 2016
Contributed by Willis Towers Watson, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
European M&A activity picked up in the third quarter with the number of deals completed on track to reach a five-year high by the end of the year according to the latest Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM)...