M&A Blog and News
December 22, 2015
Seeking to Fill M&A Positions
Looking for a change in your M&A career? We often learn of positions that require experienced merger & acquisition professionals, and we pass this info on to our readers. Contact us if you're a good fit: submit your resume to [email protected]; the Council will forward best candidates to the pertinent company ...
November 29, 2015
Chairman's Message, November 2015
by Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council
It has long been a passion of mine to properly recognize and reward the hard work and talent of those who create value from mergers and acquisitions. As companies continue to increase their dependency on growth through
November 29, 2015
For Immediate Release
DALLAS – November 12th, 2015 – The M&A Leadership Council today announced that Intralinks®, the leading, global SaaS provider of secure enterprise collaboration solutions, has joined the Council as a solutions partner and advisory firm ...
November 29, 2015
A View from the Trenches
by Jack Prouty, President M&A Leadership Council
In an acquisition of a target company, we typically spend a lot of time and attention on the management and staff we are acquiring. There is an attractive “consulting agreement” provided to the CEO who will be leaving in a few months, retention bonuses for key staff, stock options ...
November 29, 2015
Leveraging Powerful Data Enables Effective Leaders to Predict Challenges and Opportunities
By Kieran Colville, Director, Change Leadership and Analytics Specialist, Ketchum Change
Change has changed: a cliché but it’s true. Organizations are operating more fluidly using informal networks. This new behavior coupled with today’s pace and complexity of change means that companies need a data-driven approach to leading change. To understand this ...
November 29, 2015
The Story of an Integration Flashpoint of the Worst Sort
by Mark Herndon, President, M&A Partners
Those words in a big, bold font literally jumped out at me from the bright yellow lapel buttons in the town hall meeting. There were dozens of them, and probably dozens more posted in cubicles throughout the building. That phrase, “are you my boss?” was now, officially, a flashpoint of the worst sort.....
November 29, 2015
Some Interesting M&A Data
Provided by Mergermarket
Mergermarket research shows that global M&A has broken last year’s annual tally after another Merger Monday in early November pushed 2015 total deal value to USD 3.29tn! For an infographic on the activity, please see HERE......
November 29, 2015
An Excerpt from "The Employee Handbook for Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions"
by Mitchell Lee Marks
If there is one final lesson we can offer on the M&A process it is that just as things may appear to be settling down, they can change all over again. In one of our most important findings from studying mergers and acquisitions for over 30 years, we discovered that ...