Buying, selling, or restructuring your business is one of the most critical decisions you will ever make. Unfortunately, success is not guaranteed.
Historically, approximately two-thirds of mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve their anticipated results, and many actually destroy enterprise value. Mitigating risk and achieving your desired results requires an experienced, focused team, a methodical approach, and strong technical and business skills.
We'll work closely with your management team to understand your business strategy, transaction goals, and whether additional resources are required to achieve your objectives. Collaborating with your internal resources, our team will organize project requirements and provide the tools and analysis that will enable you to make sound business decisions.
From opportunity evaluation and assessment through due diligence, integration planning and post-transaction integration execution, Jefferson Wells can help turn your vision into a reality.
Fair value accounting appears prominently in today’s financial headlines. Its impact on financial institutions and the capital markets has been the focus of considerable controversy, with some blaming it for exacerbating, if not creating, the recent financial crisis. This article discusses why fair value is important to investors and stakeholders of a business and the controversy surrounding its fairness.
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Buying, selling or restructuring your business is one of the most challenging, critical decisions you will make. Unfortunately, transaction success is not guaranteed. Historically, approximately two-thirds of mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve their anticipated results, and many actually destroy enterprise value.
Approximately two-thirds of recent mergers and acquisitions failed to achieve their anticipated results and, of those, one-third actually destroyed value for the acquiring company, according to a 2007 review of 180 studies of M&A activity over the last 20 years conducted by Dr. Robert F. Bruner at the University of Virginia.