M&A Blog and News
March 31, 2014
The M&A Leadership Council welcomes our newest partner company, Binary Tree. Recently I had a chance to speak with Steven Pivnik, CEO of Binary Tree, to get his take on the relationship and what his company does to improve M&A results.
March 31, 2014
From The Art of M&A Strategy, by Ken Smith and Alexandra Reed Lajoux, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012
Many industries undergo periods of consolidation in which some companies identify opportunity to achieve competitive advantage through increased scale or scope, and others must follow in order to remain competitive. The opportunities are often triggered by changes in the market related to technology, globalization, or regulation that make larger scale or scope possible or more important.
March 31, 2014
by Jack Prouty
President, M&A Leadership Council
March 31, 2014
Serving the M&A Community - Looking for M&A Integration Consultants
The M&A Leadership Council is routinely asked to refer experienced independent or boutique consultants and project contractors for a variety of general M&A, due diligence and integration assignments. Typical assignments are with Fortune 500 or upper mid-market acquirers with active or pending opportunities. Currently, the following prospective, project-based opportunities are being sourced.
March 20, 2014
The work team is a focal point for realizing synergies in a merger or acquisition. Even though success elsewhere in a company influences employees’ sentiments about the combination, evidence from their own work teams matters most. People see their coworkers either embracing new work methods or resisting them. And, they regard their team leaders as either enabling or inhibiting their personal paths in the combined organization.
February 27, 2014
So, where do you go for serious business communications tools and the best in document management today? The M&A Leadership Council announces this week that Citrix has joined as our newest partner organization. Many of you know Citrix for their extremely intuitive and effective communications solutions, GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar.
February 27, 2014
Virtual Data Rooms (VDRs) have become an essential element of the due diligence process during a merger or acquisition. Our new partner, Citrix, is the provider of Sharefile VDR, a web-based solution which allows parties around the world to access documents easily and securely with complete audit trails. View or download this whitepaper from Citrix and take a look at this video for an introduction to the uses of Sharefile in M&A.