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Global M&A Industry Trends The M&A show must go on. Save the date. After high hopes in January of an upswing in dealmaking activity, a thick fog of uncertainty descended on M&A markets, clouding M&A prospects and causing a precipitous decline in deals during the first half of 2024. What
From 1985 to the first quarter of 2024, a total of 76,174 deals were announced with a value of almost
The Metals and Mining sector has seen constant and significant M&A activity in the past decades, influenced by market dynamics,
by Towers Perrin
With mergers and acquisitions reemerging as a key business strategy for many organizations, the billion-dollar question is whether the next wave of deals will prove more successful than many of those struck during the late 1990s. Towers Perrin research suggests the answer will be yes for many organizations, thanks in part to some hard lessons learned about the critical people issues involved in integrating businesses successfully. […] Read more
By Towers Perrin EXECUTIVE SUMMARY “You can buy the best company in the world and kill it in the first 30 days.” —
By Ravi Chanmugam, Pat Anslinger and Milyae Park – Accenture Twenty years ago, few companies made acquisitions a key element of strategy; acquisitions were often an
By Jeffery S. Perry, Thomas J. Herd – A.T. Kearney “The art of doing due diligence is being lost. Buyers aren’t analyzing the operations
By John O. Nigh, Louis J. Bevilacqua – Towers Perrin, Wickersham & Taft M&A due diligence has always been a good business practice. But
By Michael May, Patricia Anslinger and Justin Jenk – Accenture Checking too quickly and focusing too narrowly can be a recipe for disaster. Successful acquirers take
Meet Dr. Alexander Herzfeldt, esteemed faculty member at the Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances (IMAA) and Associate Partner at Siemens Advanta Consulting. Alex’s work is at the intersection of
Meet the Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances’ (IMAA) resident M&A Law expert, Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, LL.M. With his rich background in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity (PE),
Meet our faculty member at IMAA, Mr. David Olsson. With 17 years of experience in finance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), he currently serves as the Head of M&A at
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