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Market Spotlight: Spinoffs, Carve Outs, Divestitures

Insights on Corporate Asset Sales for the Year Ahead
Contributed by Mergermarket, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council

Amid a record-breaking year for deals in 2015, the value of corporate spinoffs, carve outs, and divestitures rose as well, to US$523.6bn, representing a 30% year-over-year increase. According to this month’s ... 

Available Now, an Accurate Preview of Global M&A Activity

The Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor for Q2 2016
Contributed by Intralinks, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council

The Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor brings you proven forecasts of M&A deal activity six months ahead of announcement – helping you make better deals today. View the report....

The Cloud: Adding Layers of Complexity During M&A Integration

Why Wouldn't Email Work as Seamlessly as a Phone or a Lightswitch? 
By Vadim Gringolts, CTO, Binary Tree, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council

The fact that Cloud Computing has become a norm in today’s IT operations is no longer debatable.  You don’t need to be in IT to be well aware of this fact; various media sources make this point on a daily ....

M&A Facts 'n Stats: February 2016

Some Interesting M&A Data
Provided by Mergermarket, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council

Debtwire, in partnership with Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, has produced the 11th annual 2016 North American Distressed Debt Market Outlook, surveying 100 US-based hedge fund managers ....

Welcome to 2016

Chairmans' Message, January 2016
By Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council

Welcome, everyone, to 2016!  The M&A Leadership Council has just completed our first event of the year – The “Art of M&A for HR Leaders” and thanks to our presenting partners, Willis Towers Watson, M&A Partners and Baker & McKenzie, it was a tremendous success....

Announcing Recently Certified M&A Specialists

CMAS Credentials Awarded January 2016

We're proud to announce the inaugral group of Certified M&A Specialists.  These individuals have proven and documented their knowledge, experience and commitment to the field of mergers and acquisitions. ...

Cross Border M&A Index - Q4 2015

Megadeals Push Cross-Border M&A Index to Record High
A Report by Baker & McKenzie, Published in Collaboration with Mergermarket - Both Partners of M&A Leadership Council

Cross-border deal values in the fourth quarter of 2015 rose to the highest level ever recorded in a single quarter, fueled by megadeals such as Pfizer’s purchase of Botox maker Allergan for US$183.7bn and Anheuser-Busch InBev’s US$120.3bn merger with SABMiller.....

Can You Afford Not to be Certified?

Assessing the Value of Certifications
By Rebecca Fitzhugh, Contributed by Global Knowledge, Preface by Jim Jeffries 

Why be certified in anything?  In nearly any area of specialization, the appropriate professional societies, trade organizations, and bodies responsible for standards and governance find value in the recognition of those individuals demonstrating proof of their...

Record-Breaking Year for M&A in 2015

All-Time High for Deal Volumes Combined with Record Returns for Acquirers
Contributed by Willis Towers Watson, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council

LONDON, Monday 11 January, 2016 - Year-end results from Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM) show that acquirers closing deals in 2015 outperformed their index1 by 10.1 percentage points (pp) during the year. In addition ...

Merger of Equals: Myth or Reality?

Exploring the Risks, Protocols and Principles of Success in This Type of Deal
Contributed by ContentLive, featuring Mark Herndon, President M&A Partners
 
The risks involved in so-called ‘mergers of equals’ must be carefully managed if a deal’s objectives are to be achieved and its many potential pitfalls avoided.In one of the biggest business deals of 2014, US chemical giants DuPont and Dow Chemical announced in December ...