Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are notoriously risky, often leading to value destruction rather than creation for corporations. Despite this, growth in maturing markets frequently necessitates acquisitions, posing a significant challenge for CEOs. Over the past two decades, substantial investor capital has flowed into the private equity model of buying, improving, and selling businesses. This model has rapidly expanded and now represents 35-40% of all global M&A transactions.
However, private equity faces the same risks as corporate M&A. So, how do they consistently deliver superior returns to investors?
Join Professor John Colley and Professor Koen Heimeriks for an insightful online session where they will explore the critical differences and similarities in the approaches used by private equity to achieve high-level returns, and discuss how corporations can leverage these strategies to enhance their own M&A success. This session will also introduce WBS's new Mergers and Acquisitions: How to Maximise Success Programme and provide a taster of the programme content.
Key Takeaways:
Understanding the risks and rewards of M&A
Insights into the private equity model
Strategies for corporations to improve M&A outcomes
Mergers and Acquisitions: How to Maximise Success will be delivered across three immersive days at The Shard. The next programme starts on Wednesday 14th May.