Key takeaways
Host: Susan Dettmar, Principal Deloitte Consulting LLP
Presenters: Mark Sirower, Jeff Weirens
1 Overview CPE credit | Specialized Knowledge
Few actions can change the value of a company as quickly and dramatically as an acquisition. Despite the current record-breaking M&A deal craze, less than 50% of M&A deals ultimately deliver their promised value. With recommendations supported by a study of more than 1,000 deals spanning 24 years and worth more than $5 trillion1 . We’ll discuss:
• How companies can think about and approach M&A strategies to help realize the performance promises they make to their shareholders
• Solutions for every step, from inception to valuation, all the way through post-close execution
Footnote: 1 (Mark L. Sirower and Jeffery M. Weirens, The Synergy Solution: How Companies Win the Mergers and Acquisitions Game (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing, 2022).
Meet the speakers
Mark Sirower
Mark is a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and US leader of the Merger & Acquisition Strategy and Commercial Diligence practice. Mark has more than 17 years of experience advising corporate and private equity clients in growth strategy and innovation, M&A strategy and process, target screening, commercial due diligence, valuation, investor relations, pre and post-close merger integration, and on governance issues related to M&A decisions.
Jeffery Weirens
Jeffery Weirens is the Leader of Deloitte’s Global Financial Advisory Business and serves on Deloitte’s Global Executive. For more than 30 years, he has advised clients on many of the world’s most iconic acquisitions and divestitures while growing and transforming Deloitte’s consulting and advisory businesses. He has served in multiple leadership roles including Deloitte Consulting’s Management Committee, the Energy, Resources and Industrials industry, and the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring practice. He is a trusted advisor to senior client executive teams and Boards of Directors and is the executive sponsor of Deloitte’s Future of Trust initiative, including TrustIQ.
Susan Dettmar
Susan is a Principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and leads the M&A Consultative Services practice. Susan has spent over 20 years focused on M&A, predominantly Post-Merger Integration and Divestiture. She has supported over 50 deals with a cumulative deal value of $200 Billion.
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