merger integration

The Art of the Spin-Off

Spin-Offs Offer Opportunities for High-Value Growth
by Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council

In the recent past, more corporations are managing their businesses as a portfolio with many moving parts rather than attempting to grow into static behemoth brands.  Therefore spin-offs have become a type of divestiture that is just as strategic for high value growth as acquisitions.  A spin-off is a form of divestiture that typically can generate new value by demerging current business units back to shareholders in order to operate them more independently. 

Seller Dynamics: Building Trust and Credibility

Chairman's Message, May 2016
By Jim Jeffries, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council

Too often, deals break up because the buyer approaches the seller with the wrong headset and attitude during discussions, negotiations and due diligence.  However, as my friend Jack Prouty would say, “we need to be selling us” at the same time ....