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We’ve discussed “Deal Fatigue” earlier and explained how it accumulates over the courses of an M&A process as a result of the complexity of these transactions. Time is passing by, what do we have to show for it? Time flies when you’re…
Mergers and Acquisitions processes take time and are complex. It is not uncommon for such processes to take a year or more from first conversation to closing of a deal. There are lots of moving parts to take into consideration and, usually,…
Leverage Buy-Out, or LBO, is often depicted as a nifty way to package large transactions with limited risks. In the recent years, we see, hear and read about it all the time in the news with multi billion Dollar deals involving an…
Cerberus, known quantity when it comes to risky LBOs, first got into the Grocery chain in 2006 when acquiring 650 Albertsons stores in the Western US region. They then added close to 900 stores in 2013 from a Supervalu spin-off and, most…