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Mintz Levin's Papernik on closing the bid-ask gap (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The biggest obstacle to getting deals done in the current economic environment is not the lack of financing, it's actually having buyers and sellers agree on a price, said Joel Papernik, a partner with Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC. "Valuation is the biggest factor" in the low...

Posted on June 10, 2009 2:03 PM

Getting valuation right (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Whether you're doing deals or firming up the target list while waiting for some semblance of economic stability to return, you'll want to read our feature "Out of kilter" in the current issue of The Deal magazine. The topic is valuation, never a simple undertaking, but one that is even...

Posted on May 18, 2009 12:47 PM

Business valuation debate: Is FASB getting it wrong? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

"What's it worth to us?" -- our June 9 opus on how companies approach the task of valuing acquisition targets -- drew an interesting comment from Alfred M. King, vice chairman at the national valuation firm Marshall & Stevens, who is frustrated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board's definition...

Posted on June 19, 2008 12:33 PM

What's it worth to us? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

To the world at large, the price for a given acquisition often seems like the simplest part of the story. The number in the press release may be big, it may look high or low, but it's still a number, tidy and unambiguous. Company A is buying Company B...

Posted on June 6, 2008 10:04 AM

Check your assumptions at the border (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Valuation work informs every stage of the transaction process. Before an acquisition, a company's deal team projects cash flows and quantifies synergies to negotiate a purchase price and guide due diligence. After the closing, the valuations of tangible and intangible assets and the assignment of enterprise values to business...

Posted on June 1, 2008 7:00 PM

Fairly decent (from Corporate Dealmaker)

All's fair in love, war and, it turns out, the pricing of M&A deals. You can look up that last point in any one of the thousands of fairness opinions buried in public company proxy statements. In each transaction the adviser rendering the opinion was paid to confirm that...

Posted on June 1, 2008 6:00 PM

How Siemens sees China deals (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Asia-Pacific M&A chief Joerg Ayrle talks about valuation, the effect of a hot local stock market, and more.

Posted on October 15, 2007 8:57 AM

Understanding i-bankers (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Michael Frankel unmasks the faces that get deals done by diving deep into the responsibilities of the corporate dealmakers and others.

Posted on June 15, 2007 4:10 PM

Toward an M&A credential (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Modeled on the Chartered Financial Analyst program, a certified M&A credential could improve deal quality and give the profession a boost.

Posted on February 15, 2006 2:27 PM