M&A is a core corporate strategy to scale, diversify and innovate, but also refocus, streamline and unlock value of captive assets. Whether transformative or tuck-in additions, acquisitions can transform market positioning, expand capabilities and geographic reach and redefine an organization's culture.
The past couple of years have been challenging for dealmaking due to heightened uncertainty: higher cost of financing, restrictive regulatory policy, elevated shareholders’ scrutiny and wide bid-ask spread. These made the underpinning of M&A – price, speed and certainty of close – elusive. Most pronounced has been the muted activity by financial sponsors. Yet, M&A activity is picking up as companies seek strategic, synergistic acquisitions to shore up supply chains, capitalize on new technologies to create a secure and digitized future and future proof their businesses, whether via mergers, acquisitions or divestitures. In today’s world, getting a transaction over the finish line requires a balance between art and science.
Join us here in the M&A corner where we sit down with expert dealmakers and dive into issues that are shaking M&A in this complex and evolving new normal.