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Acquirer guide to post-merger integration

The key to acquisition success is the thorny matter of harmonising operations, cultures and strategies between target and acquirer. Here we outline the key challenges and how to navigate through the post-merger integration phase. Understanding Post-Merger Integration Value creation in M&A depends on careful alignment of finance, HR, operations, technology and marketing functions in the …

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CapEQ M&A Team - David Lewis - Head of Transaction Support

CapEQ launches Transaction Support service

Ethical corporate finance advisor CapEQ has launched a new service to help business owners understand and optimise their financial strengths and weaknesses during the M&A process. Due to increasing requests from clients, CapEQ now offers a transaction support service to assist vendor SME shareholders during the sale or fundraising process, and to perform acquisition due …

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How emotional intelligence helps businesses succeed

Emotionally intelligent people are curious about everyone, irrespective of personality type. This curiosity is built on empathy. Good leaders are highly empathetic, enabling them to understand, use and manage emotions to reduce stress, communicate effectively, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.  In M&As, this quality leads to a clear focus and constructive collaboration. An empathetic advisor …

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So … you want to buy a business. Why?

By adding scale, skills, and assets, your business can reach further, faster, and more cost-efficiently. It can be cheaper and quicker to acquire capabilities ready-made than develop them in house. To acquire another business, you’re going to have to identify the opportunity, negotiate the deal, complete a raft of processes, then integrate two organisations into …

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