After 2020, no one feels confident to be in the predictions business, but I predict with 99.99% certainty that 2021 will go down as the year all prior M&A deal records were broken. It’s an easy prediction since most records were broken this summer. Records reported by Refinitiv in October like number of deals done ..read more

To answer this question requires firstly considering the deal type which impacts both your integration ambition and degree of transformation needed.  I typically think about three scenarios and its important early on to determine which situation you are in: 1, Keeping the two businesses separate ‘a bolt-on acquisition’.  In this scenario, you preserve the individual ..read more

My last post discussed aligning and shaping organizational culture to build a resilient workforce. It was based on this “4 Keys to Building a More Resilient Workforce” article co-authored with my Crowe colleague Lisa Roen. Within this post, I will review the third key to resiliency, which is building workforce capabilities. Volatility is omnipresent in ..read more

“M&A is a confidence game. With political certainty, the end of the pandemic in sight, and strong capital markets, the confidence levels in the C-suite and board rooms are high. That bodes well for M&A,” says Anu Aiyengar, JP Morgan’s Global Co-Head of M&A. Aiyengar’s sentiment rings true in M&A markets today. A combination of ..read more

My last post discussed building capabilities and was based on the “4 Keys to Building a More Resilient Workforce” article co-authored with my Crowe colleague Lisa Roen. This post reviews the fourth key to building more resiliency – Effective Change Leadership. Effective change leadership is the driver for executing the three other keys to building ..read more

My last blog identified six employee communication plan components for building a resilient workforce. It was based on the article “4 Keys to Building a More Resilient Workforce” co-authored with my Crowe colleague Lisa Roen https://www.crowe.com/insights/4-keys-to-building-a-more-resilient-workforce-brs. Within this blog, I will review the second key to resiliency: Aligning and Shaping Organizational Culture. Definitions of culture ..read more

While mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are complex and time-consuming endeavours, advancing tech evolutions are aiding deal teams to think beyond traditional closing models. However, we continue to observe several companies applying the traditional M&A approach to deals leading to lesser gains. In our previous blog “Digitalization – The future of M&A” we covered the reasons ..read more

Even the greatest companies can fail M&A deals. It is an industry-accepted truth that a majority of companies fail to meet their targets and deal objectives. Simply because businesses struggle to navigate the many hurdles which can arise during an M&A. Listed below are the top five challenges that deserve special attention. Technology Gaps A company’s ..read more

Traditionally M&A deals are known to be explored for either growing a company’s market share or because the company believes it can capitalize on cost savings. When it comes to M&A integration, speed of the integration is considered a mantra of deal rationale success. The first 100 days are considered crucial for acquisition success. The ..read more

Cross-Border mergers and acquisitions are a popular way to gain access to new markets and customers. Globally cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions continue to remain as popular as it was pre-COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic saw companies struggling to streamline operations in Mergers & Acquisitions in the face of limited resources and social distancing measures. The reliance ..read more