Episode 14 - M&A in China
Date: Mar 11 2008
Length: 17:37
Andrew Cainey, a Senior Executive Advisor for Booz Allen in Greater China, discusses the state of the M&A market in China today. He explains why foreign companies typically buy stakes or create partnerships with Chinese entities rather than buying them outright and the recent boom in Chinese companies entering into transactions with foreign targets.
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Episode 13 - Banking's Haves and Have-Nots
Date: Dec 5 2007
Length: 15:40
Paul Hyde, a Vice President in Booz Allen’s Financial Services group, discusses how nearly two decades of banking industry mergers have created a group of "have-not" banks struggling to survive. He describes just what sets these banks apart from their more successful brethren, what they should do to remedy the situation, and where banking industry M&A is headed.
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Episode 12 - Third Quarter 2007 Roundup
Date: Nov 5 2007
Length: 14:20
Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President at Booz Allen and leader of the firm's Mergers and Restructurings group, discusses the impact of the tighter credit environment on third-quarter 2007 M&A activity. He looks at the types of deals hindered by tighter credit, its impact on private equity firms and some new opportunities this presents for strategic buyers.
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Episode 11 - First Half 2007 Roundup
Date: Aug 13 2007
Length: 14:22
Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President at Booz Allen and leader of the firm's Mergers and Restructurings group, discusses the M&A environment in the first half of 2007, looking at the strength of the current merger wave as well as the types of transactions seen. He then turns to the remainder of the year, examining critical, ongoing trends such as the potential impact of tighter credit on deal flow.
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Episode 10 - The Next Big Thing
Date: Jul 10 2007
Length: 33:59
Justin Pettit, Vice President at Booz Allen, spoke on July 27 at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers 2007 conference on "The Next Big Thing: 7 Ways For Dealmakers to Make Money Tomorrow." This episode brings the presentation to you as recorded at the conference, which was held at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Episode 9 -- Seven Reasons Divestitures Are Harder Than You Think
Date: May 4 2007
Length: 13:56
J Neely, a Vice President at Booz Allen, explains why divestitures in today's environment are much harder than they appear, potentially impacting not only the divested entity but the seller itself. Booz Allen has identified seven key hurdles to successful divestitures and J discusses several of them in detail during the interview.
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Episode 8 -- The Case for Pricey Acquisitions
Date: Apr 3 2007
Length: 10:34
Justin Pettit, Vice President at Booz Allen, discusses a recent finding that, perhaps counterintuitively, the priciest acquisitions usually serve buyers better. He explains why this is the case and offers advice to those interested in considering an M&A strategy focused on pricier, growth-oriented partners.
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Episode 7 – Value in the Balance
Date: Mar 16 2007
Length: 21:45
Tom Flaherty, Senior Vice President at Booz Allen, discusses the challenges facing merging utilities in the regulatory approval process. Success in this area requires tough negotiation supported by innovative proposals to ensure that both shareholders and customers are treated equitably.
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Episode 6 -- The 10 Merger Imperatives
Date: Dec 5 2006
Length: 16:46
Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President at Booz Allen and leader of the firm’s global merger and restructuring practice, discusses the 10 merger imperatives as a framework for planning a merger and keeping it on track. The use of these imperatives allows the process to be broken down into a set of manageable components.
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Episode 5 -- Strategic Due Diligence in the Merger Process
Date: Oct 26 2006
Length: 22:34
Simon Gillies, a Vice President at Booz Allen, discusses the importance of strategic due diligence in the merger process. Strategic due diligence is a third, critical component of the due diligence process, going beyond the traditional legal and financial reviews. It explores whether the potential of a transaction is realistic - or not."
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Episode 4 -- Execution-Related Risks Inherent in all Transactions
Date: Jul 1 2006
Length: 24:21
J Neely, a Vice President at Booz Allen, discusses the execution-related risks inherent in all transactions – the nine deadly sins of mergers. More than two-thirds of the transactions that fail do so at the execution stage. The keys to avoiding this fate are understanding the nine deadly sins and establishing a program integration team early in the merger process that can address them.
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Episode 3 -- The Importance of IT Integration to Merger Success
Date: Jun 26 2006
Length: 18:40
Tom Casey, Vice President of Booz Allen specializing in information technology, discusses the importance of IT integration to merger success. He explains why senior management tends to approach IT integration in a perfunctory, arms-length manner and makes some suggestions for avoiding major IT integration mistakes.
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Episode 2 -- The Importance of Merger Communications to Successful Transactions
Date: Jun 14 2006
Length: 18:50
Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President of Booz Allen and leader of the firm’s global merger and restructuring practice, describes the importance of merger communications to successful transactions. He provides some valuable, practical advice about just how to set up and administer such a merger communications program.
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Episode 1 -- Why Mergers are More Successful Today than over the Past Decade
Date: Apr 13 2006
Length: 19:17
Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President of Booz Allen and leader of the firm’s global merger and restructuring practice, explains why mergers are more successful today than over the past decade, when one-half to two-thirds of them failed. Adolph attributes the change to a jump in the number of consolidation deals (rather than strategic deals), better pre-merger planning, and greater oversight from key stakeholders.
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Mergercast by Booz Allen Hamilton is a podcast exploring the world of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. It is a talk show with each episode focusing on a specific area of M&A/restructuring.