Continue reading →: Who Wins When You Win?ROGER’S CORNER Every transaction has a moment when the numbers say the deal works. The valuation is agreed. The financing is arranged. The lawyers have done their work. The announcement is made. Then the real transaction begins. People return to their businesses. Employees learn what the acquisition means for their…
- Continue reading →: The Employment Ledger: What Every Acquisition Carries Into the Deal
Every acquisition has a financial ledger. It also has an employment ledger. The first is visible before signing. Purchase price, debt, EBITDA, cash flow, synergies, returns, and transaction costs are modeled, challenged, and negotiated. The second is harder to see. It contains the people who operate the business, the skills…
- Continue reading →: Mapping the Geography of a Deal: A Place-Based Framework for Acquirers
A deal can be financially attractive and geographically fragile. The financial model may show a compelling return. The synergy plan may appear achievable. Financing may be secured. The regulatory path may be manageable. Yet the transaction can still depend on a facility in one city, a specialized workforce in another,…
- Continue reading →: The Regulator in the Room has Changed
The antitrust environment that killed deals in 2023 no longer exists. The one that replaced it looks permissive in Washington and assertive in Brussels — and operates at state level too. Key figures: 4 — Significant US merger investigations in Q1 2026 — enforcement historically subdued3 — Consent settlements in…
- Continue reading →: The Container is Tighter Than Your Deal Model
Every cross-border deal in 2026 now runs two concurrent reviews: the financial model your team prepared and the national security container that will determine whether that model matters at all. Key figures: All EU member states — Have adopted national FDI screening regimes by 2026, completing the container across the…
- Continue reading →: When States Stop Talking, Deals Stop Moving
ROGER’S CORNER In nearly 30 years of watching deals, I have never seen state collaboration be simultaneously more essential to every cross-border transaction outcome and more fragile as a strategic baseline assumption. Key figures: ~30 — Years of The M&A Advisor’s institutional vantage on the collaborative frameworks that make deals…
- Continue reading →: Trust Is PE’s Hidden Value Driver
THE EXECUTIVE DEALMAKER’S PERSPECTIVE Why Private Equity’s Next Value-Creation Opportunity May Not Be on the Balance Sheet By Matt Zabel, CEO, Mile 27 PartnersAugust 25, 2026 The same technology. The same margins. Very different outcomes. I’ve noticed something in professional services deals that doesn’t show up neatly in operating metrics.…
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