Strategy Drives M&A, Not the Other Way Around

Most people assume the hard part of an M&A deal is getting the contract signed. However, Meg Cavanaugh, SVP of Legal at Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), has spent her career proving otherwise. Meg worked in-house at three public companies, closing acquisitions almost every week during h ...  Show more

A partner's spouse joined a call two weeks from closing. One background check later, a PE deal was dead, along with every dollar spent on diligence and attorney fees. Kison gathered the deal stories practitioners leave out of case studies, with the names removed. Corporate develo ...  Show more

<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Are you curious about the current state and future of eCommerce mergers and acquisitions? Today I'm joined by Emmett Kilduff, co-founder and CEO of The Fortia Group, and we're diving into the mergers and acquisitions landscape, looking at the ins ...

Over the next four episodes, we will use the latest deal announcements to better understand why M&A happens. 

We will look at textbook (and non-textbook) deal rationale for acquiring, and selling, which will help you nail interviews and assessment centres.</ ...

M&A activity is down, as is private equity investment, and companies are facing a range of new geopolitical tensions. Still, there is a path to growth through M&A for those companies that maintain an active acquisition strategy, understand their capabilities, and avoid certain as ...  Show more