In my time at Midaxo, I’ve spoken with hundreds of M&A professionals who work for a wide variety of companies, ranging from a one-person deal team at $12M annual revenue all the way up to a Fortune 10 company where hundreds of people are involved across many deals per year. The challenges that all these corporate … Read more
While experiencing a burst in growth over the past decade, current customer and leading brand experience company Freeman Co decided it was time to reevaluate its M&A process structure in order to support its quickly expanding pipeline of acquisition opportunities. When Dawnn Repp, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer at Freeman, came across Midaxo as a … Read more
Article revisited on June 19th, 2017 Post-merger integration requires resolute action. An M&A software platform makes it easy to define and communicate a clear integration project plan and track its completion. In this article we’ll run an integration project, following these 4 steps: 1. Define streams, objectives and relevant due diligence findings Typically, integration is divided into functional streams such as legal, financial, sales, … Read more
Article revisited on June 6th, 2017M&A capability is built around people, processes, and tools. Good people are, of course, the most important thing to have, but a good process + good tools can significantly increase the success rate. A good M&A process helps people focus on the right things and follow M&A best practices. Good M&A tools help run the … Read more
Handling a deal flow of dozens to hundreds of prospects requires a systematic approach to manage both the M&A pipeline and the deal-making process. You’ll need to store information about individual deals in a standardized format, have a clear process of stages that each deal goes through with an orderly flow of tasks, as well as arrange … Read more