Background: A UK listed engineering business brought BTD to help them acquire a global computer analytics business put up for sale by the parent firm. The buyer saw a unique opportunity to complement cutting-edge computer analytics with their current business offerings. Unlike previous acquisitions the buyer had...
Create value. Increase value. Build or buy or borrow. Your menu. Most successful companies partake of all three. BTD’s deep roots are in maximizing clients’ “buy” success: Beyond the Deal. Now we have broadened our capabilities to serve clients across the spectrum of “inorganic” growth –...
From 1 September 2020, Lance Raley has become a Director at Beyond the Deal (BTD). Lance is a senior executive who brings over 20 years' experience in organisational transformation, turnaround, development, and top-line improvement in both international and growth-phase companies in the energy, manufacturing and...
This finding from EY in October 2019 generally reflects our own experience here at BTD, and has remained largely consistent over the 20 years in which we’ve been supporting client integrations. Costs are similarly not inherently different by sector, nor even by the type of...
From 1 August 2020, Nick Palmer has become a Partner at Beyond the Deal (BTD). Formerly with McKinsey, Accenture (partner) and Proudfoot (EVP Transformation), Nick will continue to lead BTD’s North American practice. He will also spearhead BTD’s new Alliance Strategy & Management service line,...
Shale drilling over the last 20 years has turned the US into the largest oil producing nation in the world. However, the current coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn is having a detrimental impact on shale companies, and on the Oil & Gas industry...
Reflections from the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals Global Summit 2020 The ASAP Summit brought together skilled Alliance Managers and BTD M&A integration experts to dissect the challenges faced by alliance professionals bringing their skills to M&A and divestment. Snowboarding for Skiers was a lively case-study...
Here is our summary of last week's webinar, which was all about alignment of purpose and how getting people to change requires purpose and alignment amongst the team. So, how do we achieve that? Leaders need to provide purpose with clear and simple definition Provide purpose...
This week, the UK Financial Times issued an article summing up the current state of M&A: “Global dealmaking drops to lowest level in more than a decade”. In this paper, they took the time (including lots of supporting data and examples) to provide the following...
It was with much interest that I read the latest FT article from Blair Effron titled ‘Tighter Times means tougher corporate choices’. The main thrust of his piece centred around the concept of ‘more for less’. Average EPS in 2020 will be down, many companies will...