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M&A Technology
- Input into the Divestiture Asset Purchase Agreement (aka educating the Deal Team) January 24, 2010The process of finding a buyer for a business unit and negotiating the terms of the purchase agreement is done by seemingly a mysterious group of executives and attorneys. As to be expected, the Deal Team is looking at the large corporate picture with certain financial goals and a somewhat defined scope as outlined the [...] […]
- Divestiture Challenges December 23, 2009Mergers and acquisitions continue to be prominent in today’s business world. A significant challenge to most organizations that are in the market to acquire or divest a business unit is how to address the Information Technology requirements. Unlike an acquisition whereby the entire company is being acquired, an acquisition of an individual business unit(s) […]
- The Life Cycle of Acquisition-Based Companies September 4, 2009A few years ago, I was discussing this phenomenon with the CEO of one of our clients. His company had grown almost entirely through acquisition, and for several years the company had experienced revenue growth rates exceeding 20%. However, the company had plateaued with respect to earnings, and looking at their overall performance it became clear to [...] […]
- The Five Most Dangerous Situations in Mergers and Acquisitions August 5, 2009Did you know that the vast majority of mergers and acquisitions not only fail to hit their performance targets, but actually DESTROY shareholder value? Here’s how to identify and avoid the five most dangerous situations in mergers and acquisitions so your company can get the synergy it needs from these transactions: Condition #1. Can you make the tough [...] […]
News From DealBook
- Goldman Said to Plan Closing Prop Trading Desk September 3, 2010Goldman Sachs is closing its Principal Strategies group, which trades using the firm's own money, Bloomberg News reported Friday. […]By DEALBOOK
- Mariner and the MAC Question September 3, 2010A fire at a Mariner Energy platform in the gulf raised concerns that Apache might exercise the material adverse change clause in their merger agreement. But the Deal Professor says there is no cause for MAC litigation. […]By STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF
- Wall St. Said to Finance Dinallo for Attorney General September 3, 2010The onetime lieutenant of Eliot Spitzer is now being backed by financiers as the next attorney general of New York, The Financial Times reports, citing an analysis of campaign contributions. […]By DEALBOOK
- Big Winners in 3Par Bidding War: 3 V.C. Firms September 3, 2010Three of 3Par's earliest backers have reaped about $560 million from the bidding war between Dell and Hewlett-Packard over the data storage company. […]By DEALBOOK
- Morning Take-Out September 3, 2010How the stimulus is changing America; Depression economics; an American (start-up) in Paris […]By DEALBOOK
- Ex-G.M. Chief to Lead Sunoco Spinoff September 3, 2010Nine months after his ouster from G.M., Fritz Henderson will lead Sunoco's spinoff of its coking unit and eventually become the division's chairman and chief executive. […]By DEALBOOK
- Goldman Says Basis Capital Can't Sue It in U.S. September 3, 2010Basis Capital, an Australian hedge fund suing Goldman Sachs for $1 billion for losses related to credit default swaps, made the deal in Australia and can't sue in the United States, Goldman Sachs has said, Bloomberg News reports. […]By DEALBOOK
- In Sudden Bidding War, Andean Goes With Goldcorp September 3, 2010Goldcorp, the Canadian gold mining company, said Friday that it would buy its Australian rival, Andean Resources, for 3.6 billion Canadian dollars in cash and stock, beating out an all-share offer from Eldorado Gold. […]By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON
- Petrobras Could Raise $75 Billion in Offering September 3, 2010Petroleo Brasileiro, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, may raise as much as $75 billion in a sale of new voting and preferred shares as part of a stock-for-oil swap with the government, Bloomberg News reported. […]By DEALBOOK
- Ping An Stock Offering Raises $1.2 Billion September 3, 2010Shares in Ping An Insurance climbed after TPG Capital's Asian unit sold the remainder of its stake in China's second-biggest insurer, Bloomberg News reported. […]By DEALBOOK
M&A Technology
- Input into the Divestiture Asset Purchase Agreement (aka educating the Deal Team) January 24, 2010The process of finding a buyer for a business unit and negotiating the terms of the purchase agreement is done by seemingly a mysterious group of executives and attorneys. As to be expected, the Deal Team is looking at the large corporate picture with certain financial goals and a somewhat defined scope as outlined the [...] […]
- Divestiture Challenges December 23, 2009Mergers and acquisitions continue to be prominent in today’s business world. A significant challenge to most organizations that are in the market to acquire or divest a business unit is how to address the Information Technology requirements. Unlike an acquisition whereby the entire company is being acquired, an acquisition of an individual business unit(s) […]
- The Life Cycle of Acquisition-Based Companies September 4, 2009A few years ago, I was discussing this phenomenon with the CEO of one of our clients. His company had grown almost entirely through acquisition, and for several years the company had experienced revenue growth rates exceeding 20%. However, the company had plateaued with respect to earnings, and looking at their overall performance it became clear to [...] […]
- The Five Most Dangerous Situations in Mergers and Acquisitions August 5, 2009Did you know that the vast majority of mergers and acquisitions not only fail to hit their performance targets, but actually DESTROY shareholder value? Here’s how to identify and avoid the five most dangerous situations in mergers and acquisitions so your company can get the synergy it needs from these transactions: Condition #1. Can you make the tough [...] […]
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