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Avoiding M&A disconnect (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Keeping a major acquisition moving toward the goals the transaction was designed to achieve is a challenge. It takes decisions and cooperation from many segments of both organizations over months or even years and requires surmounting many distractions, temptations and impediments. The complexity confronting those in charge of the M&A...

Posted on June 15, 2007 3:33 PM

All about deal tools (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Companies use modern information management tools to organize financial data, track supply-chain movement and compile customer relationship details. So why not use them for dealmaking? Even small transactions can require information flows among dozens of people in different locations; large ones multiply the challenge. Sellers need to make due...

Posted on April 15, 2007 10:17 AM

How FIN 48 can improve integration (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Many financial accounting executives today are quick to see the burdens of addressing new requirements set forth in FASB's July 2006 release of Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, or FIN 48. Forward-thinking acquirers, however, see a silver lining to this otherwise resource-intensive cloud, and now...

Posted on April 15, 2007 8:18 AM

Why acquirers like outsourcing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Outsourcing and offshoring are not new trends. But lately they have been generating interest among a new group: sophisticated acquirers who see the potential for outsourcing to create value in mergers and acquisitions. Over the past 18 months we've seen multiple clients seeking greater insight into how they can...

Posted on April 15, 2007 7:42 AM

Keeping people in the picture (from Corporate Dealmaker)

When Foster's bought wine producer Southcorp, the challenge was talent retention. Other dealmakers cite other major human resource issues. And all agree: Lose sight of them, and you risk losing the value of the deal.

Posted on December 15, 2006 11:35 PM

Tax my merger - please! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Acquirers continue to favor taxable transactions that enable them to enjoy a stepped-up cost basis in their targets - a boon if they should later want to sell.

Posted on August 15, 2006 1:24 PM

Intangible issues (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It goes almost without saying -- but not quite. In an age when even the manufacturing and service sectors have become largely IP-based, the next company you buy will likely have a lot of intellectual property among its main assets. That makes acquisition-related IP issues worth reviewing periodically. Even...

Posted on February 15, 2006 2:55 PM

Shielding the Deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In December 2001 Synopsys Inc., a maker of semiconductor design software, announced its intention to acquire the technology company Avant! Corp., to better compete against rival Cadence Design Systems Inc. According to Synopsys, Avant's suite of integrated circuit design tools would enable it to offer a more comprehensive product...

Posted on October 15, 2005 3:25 PM