Mergers and Acquisitions

Statistically the chance of M&A transactions leading to sustained value creation is poor, whereas the current pressure to do deals is high, supported by a wall of cash at the disposal of aggressive investors, encouraged by growing institutional shareholder activism.

Sadly in the current environment the chance of becoming the next casualty of a failed transaction is worse than an evens bet, with some commentators putting the failure rate as high as four in five!

We provide support across the M&A time-line to increase your chance of success in what is a notoriously difficult area of business change delivery.

Our services at a glance

Pre-deal appraisal:

We assess, for investors and management, your readiness to execute a deal and realise the proposed business outcome within the projected time-frame

M&A Integration:

We programme manage the analysis, design, delivery and benefit realisation of M&A integration programmes.

M&A Recovery:

We assess M&A programmes in progress where stakeholders consider required outcomes to be at risk of non-delivery.