A few weeks ago I was asked to take part in a member’s expert Briefing hosted by Constellia, a specialist in supplier spend management with a focus on helping clients optimise their engagements with professional services organisations. The fundamental question under discussion was, “In large...
Note: This is part of a series of posts about driving transformation through Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Here's my first post. This summarises the M&A challenge and the ten recommendations I have for success. Introduction In the past, the focus of many M&A deals has been on...
So, the big question is now becoming, “Will the worldwide economic disruption caused by Covid-19 impact your M&A plans for 2020?” The short, easy answer is probably ‘yes’, at least in terms of how you consider the deals you make. While some (e.g. Financial Times,...
Driving Transformation through M&A: Tip 3 of 10 This is part of a series of posts about driving transformation through Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Here's my first post. This summarises the M&A challenge and the ten recommendations I have for success. If you haven’t seen it...
Driving Transformation through M&A: Tip 2 of 10 This is part of a series of posts about driving transformation through Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Here's my first post. This summarises the M&A challenge and the ten recommendations I have for success. If you haven’t seen it...
Driving Transformation through M&A: Tip 1 of 10 This is part of a series of posts about driving transformation through Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Click here for the first post in this series which summarises the M&A challenge and the ten recommendations I have for success....
A Webinar with Midaxo and BTD A few weeks ago, BTD partnered with Midaxo to conduct a webinar on approaches to value creation in M&A – yes, certainly one of the oldest, most long-standing discussion topics in the field (it is after all why most of...
It's coming up to 20 years since I worked on my first M&A transaction. During that time I've been studying the things critical to M&A success; working alongside clients helping them find, acquire and integrate deals that work for them in the long term. I'm incredibly...
I read with much interest a recent FT article on how the existing system lacks prudence and encourages wasteful M&A. https://www.ft.com/content/14d90d46-3ed0-11ea-a01a-bae547046735 The gist of the piece was around how the FASB has and is struggling to come to terms with the now $3.5tn that exists on US...
“OK, great, thanks for the meeting, everyone; it looks like we’re ‘green’ across the board for completing this deal next Tuesday. I just need to pop into the board meeting this afternoon and get the official rubber stamp, then we can tell the banks to...