Unleashing Corporate Development Success: Programmatic M&A Strategies and Cloud Technology

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In the ever-evolving landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the key to success lies not just in strategic decision making but in the execution of those strategies. Programmatic M&A, combined with the transformative capabilities of cloud technologies, has emerged as a powerful tandem that can drive seamless, efficient, and successful deals. As the McKinsey article … Read more

M&A Trends and 2024 Outlook from Industry Experts

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As we entered the last quarter of 2023, corporate development leaders, in-house counsels and private equity investors discussed a wide range of trends and issues impacting M&A at the Transaction Advisors Institute’s most recent conference. Among the topics discussed were shifting M&A strategies, artificial intelligence, antitrust dynamics, assessing and advancing M&A targets, and divestiture. Below, … Read more

7 Key Takeaways from M&A Industry Experts

The most recent Transaction Advisors Institute (TAI) M&A conference was held at the University of Chicago in late June and covered topics ranging from current challenges impacting complex transactions to innovative methods to improve deal performance. Corporate development leaders, in-house M&A counsel and private equity investors from a range of industries and regions shared first-hand … Read more

Ask an Expert: Roll-Up Strategies

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Introduction: Galina Wolinetz boasts over 25 years of industry experience, specifically in Corporate Development roles. She is currently a critical member of Virtas Partners, serving as its Managing Director. In a recent Live Q&A with Midaxo, Wolinetz leveraged her expertise to offer insights into commonly asked questions regarding roll-ups. We’ve summarized some of the popular questions … Read more

How to Develop a Blueprint for Programmatic Deal Sourcing

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Programmatic deal sourcing starts with determining what you want to acquire. That is often easier said than done. Different stakeholders have various urgent strategic priorities, attractive target companies, views about market changes, and other inputs that all make compelling arguments towards going in different directions. To bring clarity to the M&A Program (and everyone on the … Read more

Turning “What, How, Why” into “Why, How, What”

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McKinsey’s study of 2,000 US public companies over 20 years showed that the shareholder value of companies relying on a Programmatic M&A approach performed better than comparable companies relying on Opportunistic Deals, big-bang Mega Deals or an Organic approach (doing little to no M&A at all). Programmatic M&A involves following a disciplined approach to making many similar, smaller deals that accrue to … Read more

Programmatic M&A 101: The Key To Creating Value in 2022 & Beyond?

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While the benefits of a programmatic approach to mergers and acquisitions are nothing new, the recent numbers touted by companies who practice this approach are quite impressive. McKinsey & Company recently reported in its McKinsey Quarterly that deal value “rose more than 300 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with the first half of 2020.” Moreover, the … Read more

Expert Insights: Executing a Successful Roll-Up Strategy

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Clayton Stanley, Executive VP of Corporate Development for AmeriVet Partners Management, Inc., has successfully led his team to its highest number of transactions in a year. In fact, AmeriVet is on track to close over 60 transactions this calendar year. Stanley notes leveraging a roll-up strategy and working towards multiple transactions a year is a play most … Read more

Corporate Development & Post-Deal Implementation

Corporate Development & Post-Deal Implementation

Not too long ago, corporate development departments were focused almost exclusively on acquisitions. Now, these teams run a whole spectrum of deal types including corporate venturing, divestments, joint ventures, alliances and partnerships.  Additionally, companies have started to systematize key processes beyond the core deal sourcing, M&A due diligence and central integration management. Now, key value capture and … Read more

Alternative Acquisition Funding Methods

A Guide to M&A Deal Flow and M&A Pipeline Management

As our recent article demonstrated an M&A strategy can help a company to expand, acquire new knowledge or technology, move into new geographical markets, or vastly increase output via one transaction. However, these benefits and opportunities often come at a significant cost to both the acquirer and target. A typical M&A deal will involve lawyers, accountants/corporate finance … Read more