Overview

Mergers and Acquisitions are key elements of many firms’ strategies to maximize value and create sustainable competitive advantage. Yet many acquisitions fail. Deals that were supposed to create great value for the organization end up destroying that value. Why? Acquisitions are complex and difficult to execute and post acqusition is a challenge to manage successfully.

The team at Southern Cross will help you develop and implement successful strategies for your M&As. Both directly and through our strategice partners, we provide a broad, strategic perspective along with a detailed examination of key elements of the M&A process. Acting as your interdisciplinary team, we help you determine a rationale, select  and recommend the most attractive acquisition targets or examine ones you have chosen, support you in due diligence (or carry it out on your behalf) , arrange a valuation of either or both parties, and evaluate the long-term potential of the prospective partnership. We have the skills and tools to help you manage the complex process, from planning your acquisition strategy, through bringing the deal to a close on , working through integration issues. We can also apply these processes and tools if you are considering a transaction with a strategic partner/investor.

"Various studies have shown that mergers have failure rates of more than 50 percent. One recent study found that 83 percent of all mergers fail to create value and half actually destroy value. This is an abysmal record. What is particularly amazing is that in polling the boards of the companies involved in those same mergers, over 80% of the board members thought their acquisitions had created value. We are beginning to understand some of the reasons why these mergers fail." -- Robert W. Holthausen, The Nomura Securities Company Professor; Professor of Accounting and Finance and Management.

The Southern Cross team will help you attain the results you need, as it has for other business owners.

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