You Say You Want An M&A Revolution?

Source Article: (Fortune, 2 September 2010)

Global M&A volume is up to $1.8 trillion year-to-date, a 24% increase from this time last year. Now experts are arguing over whether the spike in deals is a sign of sun shining through the economic clouds or the calm before another storm.
Our View: Headlines focus on the importance of deals, but post-merger integration provides more opportunities for M&A failure – and a further hit to the withering economy – than target selection. As one of our clients said about integration: “That is where the deal succeeds or fails almost every time. The deal team is normally smaller than the team required for integration, but neither one can afford to be slighted from a resource perspective. In all parts of the deal, a full-time integration manager should be chosen as early as possible.” Even if your company is partaking in M&A, think about regulatory reform as you would a merger.
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