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The Art of M&A: How to Identify and Execute Strategic Deals

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) often conjure images of corporate battles and cutthroat competition. This involves a comprehensive evaluation of the target company, including: Financial Performance: Analyze financial statements, cash flow, and profitability trends.

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The Data-Driven Deal: How Big Data is Transforming M&A Strategy

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have long been a cornerstone of corporate growth strategies. In the past, dealmakers relied on intuition, experience, and financial modeling to identify and assess potential targets. Big data refers to the vast and complex datasets that are generated by businesses and consumers every day.

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More Helpful Updates from Corp Fin

Deal Lawyers

The updates to the Schedule 13D/G CDIs for the 2023 rule amendments I blogged about earlier this week aren’t the only recent development coming out of Corp Fin that’s relevant to M&A practitioners.

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M&A Blog #10 – equity (accretion / dilution)

Francine Way

The concept can be extended to corporation: equity owners (shareholders) own the company alongside debt holders (banks). I chose a public company for this exercise because private company financial statements don’t immediately lend themselves to the accretion / dilution analysis that we are about to review.

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M&A Blog #24 - Merger Relative Valuation

Francine Way

It has been roughly three years since my last blog post at the completion of my fellowship. Many things have happened since then, including having 2 Corporate Development & Strategy jobs with a large, domestic conglomerate in Jacksonville, Florida and a smaller international technology company in Seattle, Washington.

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M&A Blog #16 – valuation (Discounted Cash Flow)

Francine Way

Once the extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring items are identified, the next (2nd) step is to have them added back / removed from the historical income statement to normalize the financial statement. Expense items are added back and gain items are removed. The cost of debt = the weighted, post-tax cost of debt.

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M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

An open-ended process distracts management, can cause corporate performance to suffer, and opens the possibilities for adverse market conditions. The overall divestiture process looks like: To support the seller’s management team in achieving an acceptable goal, this process is designed to streamline the path to a transaction closing.

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