Overhang
Attention corporate development executives: the overhang of unsold private equity portfolio companies has never been higher. It’s true — private equity firms are sitting on the largest collection of...
View ArticleEarnouts (Part Two)
Some while ago, I posted about earnouts and how a quarter of all business acquisitions have an earnout component in one form or another. I examined the difficulty of creating a good earnout, and I...
View ArticleWhere’s The Incentive?
I’m always fascinated by methods employers use to incentivize their employees… Did you hear that Goldman Sachs is considering retreating from Europe, given the Eurozone’s stance on enforcing bonus...
View ArticleMore On Overhang…
A couple weeks ago, I posted that the overhang of unsold private equity portfolio companies has never been higher in the history of the asset class. Today, I want to share more about the massive...
View ArticleWatchdog or Lapdog?
Take a guess how many corporate accounting fraud cases the SEC has prosecuted through the first half of this year. Give up? The answer is 79. And that’s the lowest level in over a decade, according to...
View ArticleM&A Tax Checklist
After valuation, one of the most important negotiated numbers in an M&A transaction is tax. Tax in corporate M&A is pretty much a “zero-sum” game — tax impact from a deal structure that is...
View ArticleBetting on Cash Flow
Mind if today we call corporate development what it really is – a bet, albeit a big and fancy one, on cash flow? Come to think of it, any investment is really just a bet on cash flow. The endless ways...
View ArticleHit Making is Hard
Doing deals is tough. But do you think it’s as hard to find “hits” in corporate M&A as it is in other professions? According to Nielsen, from data provided by managers at Nielsen SoundScan, of the...
View ArticleInside/Outside
As I’ve said before, taxes and tax attributes play a major role in M&A negotiations. Recall that, unfortunately, deal structuring is usually a zero-sum game, and a deal structure that favors one...
View ArticleIrrational Ex-Uber-ance
In case you missed it, there has recently been some uber-interesting valuation discourse around the blogosphere regarding Uber, the company whose smart phone app connects drivers with those wanting...
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