Strategy

This guide explains the process that an acquiring company (strategic buyer) would follow in their search for businesses to buy.

This guide explains what strategic buyers are in mergers and acquisitions. It goes into further detail about the difference between financial and strategic buyers, and it explains the strategic rationale behind several different types of mergers and acquisitions.

This guide is designed to explain several different types of mergers and acquisitions and how they work. First, we explain the difference between mergers and acquisitions.

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

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.

This guide explains some of the strategic rationale behind M&A deals. We look at why M&A is valuable, the difference between financial and strategic buyers, growth through strategic M&A transactions, and we overview some common acquisition strategies.

This guide explains what mergers and acquisitions are, how they differ, and goes into some high-level detail about how these deals are structured.