IIPM - The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as other assets. Usually mergers occur in a friendly setting where executives from the respective companies participate in a due diligence process to ensure a successful combination of all parts.
On other occasions, acquisitions can happen through a hostile takeover by purchasing the majority of outstanding shares of a company in the open market. In the United States, business laws vary from state to state whereby some companies have limited protection against hostile takeovers. One form of protection against a hostile takeover is the shareholder rights plan, otherwise known as the "poison pill". See Delaware corporations.
Historically, mergers have often failed to add significantly to the value of the acquiring firm's shares. Corporate mergers may be aimed at reducing market competition, cutting costs (for example, laying off employees), reducing taxes, removing management, "empire building" by the acquiring managers, or other purposes which may not be consistent with public policy or public welfare. Thus they can be heavily regulated, requiring, for example, approval in the US by both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.
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Associates - Toronto area consulting services for the corporate trailblazer including: acquisition scouting, acquisition analysis, integration planning, pro-forma financials, product integration planning and due diligence.
Associates, Inc. - Provides merger and acquisition (MA) expertise, support, and representation to companies with revenues from $20-200 million. Based in Lake Oswego, OR
Meta Description: [ Established in 1981, Crader & Associates, Inc. was founded solely to provide professional merger and acquisition (M&A) expertise, support, and representation to companies with revenues from $1-100 million. Crader & Associates specializes in structuring transactions that provide each client with ... ]
Co., Inc. - investment banking firm providing services for Mergers Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and Business Valuations. Headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Meta Description: [ Acquisitions, Corporate Finance for growing companies, and Business Valuations. ]
Company - Business intermediary services include mergers, acquisitions, consulting, valuations, and general business broker service for mid-market companies.
Partners - The Danish division of the world's largest organization of independent firms advising on international mergers and acquisitions - MA International Inc.
Strategy - Consultants in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Providing venture capital and business strategy advisory services. Located in Argentina.
Meta Description: [ Especializada en fusiones y adquisiciones, proyectos de capital de riesgo y consultoría estratégica. Operaciones en España, Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay y Chile. ]
Wyatt - Provides transaction management of acquisitions and divestitures of small to mid-sized companies. Includes services, company profile, business valuation information. Based in Texas.
Meta Description: [ Transaction management of acquisitions and divestitures of small to mid-sized companies. ]
Aberdeen Gould - Aberdeen acts as an agent providing corporate finance, merger, acquisition, divestiture and valuation services. Areas of expertise include: succession, management/employee led buyouts, financial restructuring, raising debt equity.
Meta Description: [ Aberdeen Gould is a corporate advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions for mid-market companies. The firm conducts business across North America through established client relationships ]
Acquisition Advisors, LLC - Merger and acquisition services, appraisal and valuation, and buyer search services. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Acquisition Management Services, Inc. - Provides merger, acquisition, valuation and post-acquisition integration services to small and mid-size businesses. Located in King of Prussia, PA.
American Business Appraisers, Inc. - Business appraisers providing assistance with business valuations, shareholder agreements, mergers and acquisitions.
Meta Description: [ American Business Appraisers is a nation-wide network of credentialed business valuation appraisers. ABA members provide appraisal and consulting services in taxation, litigation and compliance matters. ]
Anderson/Roethle, Inc. - Advisors to middle market companies offering buy and sell transaction advice, valuation services, and other highly-tailored consulting assignments which are related to mergers and acquisitions. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Meta Description: [ Anderson / Roethle Inc., a Milwaukee, Wisconsin
based consulting firm,
specializes in Market Research & Strategy Development, Merger & Acquisition
Advisory Services and Strategic Planning. ]
Business Capital Corporation - Business Capital Corporation is a financial and management advisory firm specializing in merger acquisition consulting, business valuation and litigation support services to privately held businesses. Based in Des Moines, Iowa.
Meta Description: [ BCC ADVISERS is a financial and management advisory firm specializing in merger & acquisition consulting, corporate finance, business valuation, litigation support and business consultation services to privately held businesses. ]
Business Marketing Consultants - Specializing in mergers, acquisitions, business validations and financial consulting, in the publishing and media industry. Carlsbad, CA.
Meta Description: [ Business Marketing Consultants specializes in the publishing and media industry. We perform mergers & acquisitions, appraisals and consulting work. ]
Concepts International - Specializes in corporate sales, mergers and acquisitions.
Meta Description: [ Concepts International has been dedicated to offering an unparalleled personal service to companies or individuals, who seek to buy, sell or merge a business. ]
Corporate Angels - Company rescue, mergers, acquisitions, disposals and insolvency. UK based.
Meta Description: [ The Corporate Angels website offers a complete range of qualified corporate accountancy, finance, insurance services. Contact Corporate Angels for more information ]
Cultural Due Diligence: EMERGE - Specializes in organizational development through its process -Cultural Due Diligence- including corporate cultural assessment, transformation and cultural integration for MAs or other business combinations.
Meta Description: [ EMERGE International: Creating Profitable Work Environments, One Culture at a Time. Organizational development through Cultural Due Diligence, corporate cultural assessment and integration for M&As, executive training and call center solutions. ]
Decagon Partners - Mergers, Acquisitions and Advisory Services firm servicing the Southeast United States.
Meta Description: [ Decagon Partners LLC online information ]
Einhorn Associates, Inc. - Specialists in mergers and acquisitions serving the coatings, adhesive, specialty chemical and environmental industries since 1975. Milwaukee, WI.
Meta Description: [ Einhorn Associates provides merger and acquisition services to the
chemical industry. Since 1975, we have been the principal advisor on
over 100 transactions in the chemical field. Our primary areas of
specialization are coatings, adhesives, specialty chemicals, and related
raw materials. ]
EquiCo - Middle Market Mergers and Acquisitions - A leading international investment banking firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate finance for middle-market companies.
Meta Description: [ RSM EquiCo Capital Markets is an investment bank to private and public companies with annual revenues of up to $1 billion including mergers and acquisitions, structuring recapitalizations, providing access to capital markets and offering fairness opinions. ]
GuideCap Partners - Investment bank specializing in middle market mergers and acquisitions, business valuation, fairness opinions, and corporate finance. Co-founder profiles and contact information provided.
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Integrum - Specialists in corporate integration who assist people - intensive businesses with the implementation of mergers and restructuring. Based in London, UK.
Meta Description: [ corporate integration and post merger specialists integrum are specialists in corporate integration, post merger integration in financial and professional services, managing people and coaching leaders ]
Merger Managers - Merger Managers trains companies to successfully integrate their mergers and acquisitions through comprehensive executive seminars, customized training programs, and cost-effective consulting services.
Meta Description: [ Whether you've already signed the deal or are looking for potential targets, knowing
what to expect after the deal is done and being prepared to handle it, will be the key to your success.
Signing the deal is the easy part - making it work is rarely done effectively.
From due diligence throu... ]
MergerSuccess - Management consultants to organizations planning or implementing corporate mergers and acquisitions. Focus on the people part of merging. Pacific Management Institute, Gold Beach, Oregon.
Meta Description: [ Management consultants to organizations planning or implementing corporate mergers and acquisitions. MergerSuccess is a focus on the people part of merging. ]
New England Brokerage Corp. - A strategic advisory firm that specializes in complex mergers and acquisitions as well as capital raising, business valuation and consulting. Based in Providence, RI.
Meta Description: [ NEBC...a premier advisor to privately held companies. ]
Newport Acquisition Services, LLC - Provider of mergers and acquisitions services to the middle-market.
Meta Description: [ Newport Acquisition Services, LLC is a leader in initiating and facilitating the acquisition of middle-market companies. ]
NJS International - Acquisition, start-up, and divestiture services for clients around the world. Confidential, personalised service for executives and shareholders.
Meta Description: [ NJS International provide acquisition, start-up, and divestiture services for clients around the world. Confidential, personalised service for executives and shareholders. ]
Spektor, Sachs and Company - a Kiev-based firm providing strategic advisory, corporate finance and acquisition advisory services in NIS and Eastern Europe.
The Catalyst Group - Specialists in mergers and acquisitions for mid-sized information technology and telecommunications companies. Locations in Natick, Massachusetts, Bethel, Connecticut and Winchester, Hants, UK.
Meta Description: [ The Catalyst Group provides strategic investment banking and corporate development services to companies in the Information Technology, Telecommunications, New Media and e-Business industries to enable them to accomplish successful mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic corporate partn... ]
The Chalfin Group - Strategic planning and valuation services to information technology firms and entrepreneurs. Services include positioning companies for sale, valuations of closely held businesses. Based in Metuchen, NJ
Meta Description: [ Chalfin Group Home Page ]
The Charter Group - The Charter Group, Ltd. is focused on just one purpose, Ensuring the very best transaction for clients who seek to sell their businesses.
Meta Description: [ The Charter Group, Ltd. is focused on just one purpose, Ensuring the very best transaction for clients who seek to sell their businesses. ]
The Deal Spectator - Weekly newsletter covering merger and acquisition activity.
Meta Description: [ FBBC publishes the only weekly reports covering mergers and acquisitions and buyouts by strategic acquirers and private equity groups. The Deal Spectator covers mergers and acquisitions and buyouts in manufacturing, services and distribution. TechMerger covers mergers and acquisitions and buyouts... ]
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The Geneva Companies - Middle-market mergers and acquisitions experts. Assisting in evaluating, building, and selling companies at the appropriate time and for maximum value. Serving New York, Illinois, Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Venables, Stevens and Maghan - Mergers and acquisitions consulting and businesses for sale in Delaware and Eastern Shore areas of Maryland and Virginia.
Meta Description: [ Venables, Stevens and Maghan, VSM is a Merger, Acquisitions and Capital Finance firm, founded in 1995 by David W. Venables, serving Delaware and Eastern Shore Maryland and Virginia. VSM helps owners of private and family owned businesses, typically with annual sales to 50 million, to maximize com... ]
Acquisition Management Services, Inc. - Provides merger, acquisition, valuation and post-acquisition integration services to small and mid-size businesses. Located in King of Prussia, PA.
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