Deals & Acquisitions

This article aims to explain the difference between two categories of buyers—financial and strategic buyers. Financial and strategic buyers have different objectives for making acquisitions.

This guide explains what financial intermediaries are in M&A deals. We cover what intermediaries do, different types of intermediaries, and explain the rationale behind using an intermediary in an M&A deal.

This guide explains what earnouts are in mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, we explain earnouts through an example and explain the rationale behind an earnout arrangement from both the buyer’s and seller’s perspectives.

The purpose of this guide is to walk you through what a quality of earnings assessment is in due diligence.

This guide will explain how net working capital is assessed during due diligence in an M&A deal.

This guide explains what due diligence is in mergers and acquisitions. It also explains why due diligence is important, the role of due diligence in M&A, and it briefly explains how the due diligence process is performed.

This guide explains what definitive purchase agreements are. Here we will examine the role of a definitive purchase agreement in M&A deals.