Acquisitions Monthly | Post Deal Services Column

Return on divestment, February 2010
The business of divesting an asset or part of a company has changed a great deal over the last year or two and companies are grappling with a new environment where new skills, knowledge and approach are needed to make a successful sale.

Return on divestment, February 2009
Current economic conditions may force corporates to refocus on their core businesses and look to realise value from underperforming or non-core assets. In doing so, they will need to apply a more thorough approach to the divestment planning process than was necessary in the past.

The challenge and opportunity in ‘Forced’ Integrations, November 2008
While normal mergers and acquisitions are rarely easy – requiring focus, ruthless prioritisation and pragmatic resolution of the myriad people issues – forced integrations create additional and sometimes extreme challenges.

Can an organisations culture be a deal maker or breaker, August 2008
A review on how we are seeing a far greater recognition that deals can fall apart or acquired companies fail to bed down if the cultural fit of the two organisations isn’t properly assessed before deal papers are signed.

Beating the drum of innovation, January 2008
How to avoid the fate of CEOs who make an acquisition for revenue growth and fresh thinking only to lose the value of the opportunity to the rigours of post merger integration.