30 Nov, 2022 Retail & Consumer Sector Review: How does the Retail sector navigate the post Covid world with its new and novel challenges? By Nick Breadner The Retail & Consumer sector is one in constant innovation and development. Over the last two years, it has had to adapt and pivot...
21 Nov, 2022 Navigating ransomware during M&A By Samuel Chandrasekaran Any cyber-attack can do significant operational, financial and reputational damage to an organisation. Of the various types of...
10 Oct, 2022 Buy-and-Build Integration: How to deliver a buy-and-build programme which maximises value By Nick Breadner Buy-and-Build Integration strategies are nothing new, though the rate at which they are utilised in M&A value creation is increasing....
28 Sep, 2022 Digital Transformation: Realising the potential By Nick Neil-Boss Over the last two years, Digital Transformation (DX) has taken on a new urgency. The present volatile socio-economic and political...
26 Sep, 2022 Rapid Cost Reduction: How to drive efficiency into business operations By Nick Breadner The economic climate places intense pressure on businesses, with rising interest rates, customers who are becoming increasingly price...
06 Sep, 2022 Distressed Carve-outs: Navigating the changing landscape of carve-out deals By Nick Breadner M&A activity reached record highs in 2021, as pent up demand in 2020 was able to flow through markets. As we move through 2022, activity...
27 Jul, 2022 ESG Investor Motivations By Hanut Dey According to the 2022 Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index® investors are motivated on pursuing ESG commitments. With 94%...
10 Jul, 2022 8 New Views #8: Do Not Copy-Paste Processes In A Carve-Out By Curt Luchtenberg “Split the company, duplicate the processes and be done with it” is a mantra heard often in the deal context. This saves time and money –...
06 Jul, 2022 Incertitudes économiques et impacts sur les marchés By Arnaud Syoen En attendant le Conseil des Gouverneurs le 21 juillet prochain, au cours de laquelle les investisseurs espèrent en apprendre un peu plus...
06 Jul, 2022 8 New Views #7: In A Carve-Out, Assets Do Not Have To Be Duplicated By Curt Luchtenberg #splitting up #assets in a #carveout can be a nightmare, especially when not only administrative, but also #productionassets are in...
03 Jul, 2022 8 New Views #6: IT Separation Does Not Have To Be Ready At Closing By Curt Luchtenberg Being the most complex #workstream, #IT usually is the #1 candidate for becoming the critical path of a #carveout project. I have seen...
29 Jun, 2022 8 New Views #5: Carve-Outs Can Be Implemented In Less Than 9 Months By Curt Luchtenberg #Separations are complex animals being “live” entities with many #interdependencies. Thus #carveouts are seldomly closed in less than...
26 Jun, 2022 8 New Views #4: Carve-Outs Do Require Strategic Thinking and Acting By Curt Luchtenberg International consultancies often distinguish between a strategic and an operational part of a carve-out. Mostly, these parts are...
22 Jun, 2022 L'immobilier en Afrique: entre dynamisme économique et résilience environnementale By Arnaud Syoen Le Produit intérieur brut (PIB) réel africain a fortement rebondi en 2021, avec un taux de croissance de 6,9 %, soutenue par la reprise...
22 Jun, 2022 To ESG or not to ESG By Hanut Dey Dhurim Deljiu Is the love affair with ESG ending? The media in the past few weeks has been filled with less than positive news when it comes to ESG....
22 Jun, 2022 Michael Horwat joins Swiss team of Eight Advisory as a partner By Marta Marczak Pan-European consultancy Eight Advisory has strengthened its team in Switzerland with Michael Horwat.