The state of the deal: Trends that will drive M&A in 2019

The state of the deal: Trends that will drive M&A in 2019
By Mr. Russell Thomson & Ms. Susan Dettmar & Mr. Mark Garay

Deloitte’s sixth M&A trends report reviews insights from 1,000 executives at corporations and private equity firms about deal activity in the current year and their expectations for the next 12 months. Given current uncertainties facing dealmakers, the somewhat surprising results point to sustained, strong deal activity, with 76% of M&A executives at US-headquartered corporations and 87% of M&A leaders at domestic private equity firms expecting an increase in the...

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Synergies take center stage in M&A

Synergies Take Center Stage
By Mr. Timo Schmid & Dr. Jens Kengelbach & Dr. Georg Keienburg & Mr. Dominik Degen & Prof. Sönke Sievers

Unflinching investor support, along with still-cheap funding and slow organic growth, helped push global deal making to a rapid pace in early 2018. 

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Deal structures and process variations in cross-border acquisitions | M&A Conference at the University of Chicago

By George A. Casey, Esq. & Mr. Brian S. Cook & Alan Konevsky, Esq. & Andrew Gratz, Esq.

This discussion explored the unique issues associated with cross-border acquisitions and minority investments.

The participants from Mastercard, LyondellBasell, Honeywell, and Shearman & Sterling debated variations in deal structures from the merits of cash or stock offers to methods for balancing U.S. securities laws with changing and conflicting requirements including... 

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Flight risk in M&A | M&A Conference at Wharton San Francisco

By Mr. Jeff Cox & Mr. Todd Manley & Ms. Natalia Carvajal & Mr. James Harris

This session from Transaction Advisors San Francisco M&A Conference reviewed strategies that may be employed to retain the acquired team including the structure of financial incentives and retention agreements for key executives.  

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