How to Prepare a Company for an Acquisition

Danielle Fortier, partner at Cooley, has closed four corporate carve-outs this year, while most M&A lawyers have been lucky to see one. So, what blows up the timeline and budget almost every time? The vendor contracts nobody mapped out before the LOI. In this episode, Danielle wa ...  Show more

Jerry Cedicci never says, "trust me." He builds trust, then lets the deal speak for itself. This is Part 2 of Kison's conversation with Jerry, The mentor who started with a French bakery and went on to build hundreds of millions in real estate across Chicago and Los Angeles. Part ...  Show more

Your company acquired another company - congrats! But what happens next? In this episode, Operating Partners Cici and Jimmy break down the Integration Management Office, or IMO. They discuss what it is and how they deploy it inside the portfolio to integrate recently acquired bus ...  Show more

Jim and Devin discuss the due diligence process for private equity acquisitions. 

Devin sits down with Chris Morgan, the founder of Lantern Partners, an executive search firm focused on hiring C-Suite executives at PE-backed companies. We cover how to get in the candidate flow, what characteristics are required for the job, how much you will get paid and other ...  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 ...