How To Supercharge the Effectiveness of Your Acquisitions Manager
Find out how the right VDR platform can position your acquisitions manager for success.
Deal Making
Integration Communication: An Important Step in Successful M&A Deals
Learn how understanding integration communication and keeping all communications streamlined and secure can help your next M&A deal go smoothly.
Understanding the Complexities and Benefits of a Vertical Merger
Vertical mergers are a common business practice, and many of the largest corporations today are the result of vertical mergers. Knowing the subtleties of this type of transaction will help in any future M&A activity.
Understanding Assets vs Equity for Strategic M&As
Understanding the complete picture of a company’s assets and equity, in addition to liabilities and other obligations, is essential when bankers, lawyers, accountants and other professionals are performing due diligence in a strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction. While assets and equity both refer to value or ownership within a company, they are quite different. … Read more
How to Supercharge the Effectiveness of your Acquisition Manager
What is an acquisitions manager? An acquisitions manager oversees a company’s purchasing activities, especially as they relate to the acquisition process or the buying of the assets of other companies in mergers and acquisitions (M&As). An acquisitions manager must take steps to ensure the profitability of each deal as well as the successful merger between … Read more
Effective Acquisition Strategies: What Works, What Doesn’t Today
While not all M&As are successful, understanding modern acquisition strategies can help businesses better predict outcomes.
How to Safely Generate and Distribute a Term Sheet
Business transactions, especially ones where investments are to be made, require all types of documentation and paperwork. Many of these are fluid documents — meaning things on them will be changed during the course of negotiations. One of these important documents is a term sheet, which both parties require during the business dealing. What Is … Read more
Best Practices for Crafting & Sending Confidential Information Memorandums
When you’re attempting to sell your company to a prospective buyer, or trying to secure financing from potential investors, there are a lot of moving parts that have to be dealt with. Among the many other issues is that of documentation — the various types that are needed to move the transaction along. One of … Read more
How to Lay the Groundwork for a Successful Merger & Acquisition Strategy
The world of business is a complex one, and business deals are typically not simple. When one company is sold or decided for a joint venture with another, there are scores of documents — legal, financial and otherwise — to wrangle. Keeping the process flowing and avoiding roadblocks is key to getting the deal done … Read more
Understanding How the Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Works
A discounted cash flow (DCF) is a valuation formula often calculated during the due diligence process of an M&A. It helps businesses understand the present value of a potential investment by enabling them to compare different transactions and determine whether an investment or M&A transaction is suitable for them. Although this cash flow method requires … Read more