M&A Blog and News
March 25, 2020
Pulse Survey
By the M&A Leadership Council
All corporate M&A professionals are encouraged to respond to this survey and forward the open survey link to their respective key executives, top corporate development, strategy and M&A leaders.
March 25, 2020
Chairman's Message - March 2020
By Mark Herndon, Chairman of M&A Leadership Council
First and foremost, as the world responds to COVID-19, we wish each of our readers health, safety, and stability during these unprecedented events.
March 10, 2020
Energy M&A Forum
Hosted by Mergermarket, an Acuris Company
Over 150 Senior Level executives will come together for the Energy M&A forum in Houston on May 28th to explore the transforming energy market. Connect with your peers for a full day networking forum and participate in panel discussions
February 26, 2020
Spot Cyber & IT Challenges Through Improved Due Diligence
Hosted by the M&A Leadership Council
February 26, 2020
Chairman's Message - February 2020
By Mark Herndon, Chairman of M&A Leadership Council
Two recent data points powerfully drove home the importance of the upcoming Art of M&A℠ Due Diligence workshop, April 14-16, 2020, in San Diego. First, the Bain Corporate M&A Report 2020, which highlighted 2019 survey data
February 25, 2020
The Art of M&A - Precedent Transactions Analysis
An excerpt from The Art of M&A by Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Unfortunately, there are some limitations to using comparable transactions to estimate the value of a target. Here again, precedent transactions share several of these disadvantages with their comparable company brethren.
February 25, 2020
A Case for the Diligence Management Office
Co-written by Mark Juergens, Senior Partner, M&A Partners and Mark Herndon, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council
While most organizations have adopted the integration management office (IMO) as an essential best practice, few organizations consistently apply the same discipline and rigor to due diligence.
February 20, 2020
M&A has been confined to smaller deals in Medicaid- and Medicare-focused companies.
By Dane Hamilton and Claire Rychlewski, with Mergermarket, an Acuris Company and partner of the M&A Leadership Council
The U.S. health insurance market, roiled by transformative deals in recent years, will likely face a lull in major deal activity in 2020 while firms await critical federal election outcomes, industry executives said.