Mergers and Acquisitions

Whether you are a Private Equity professional, Venture Capital investor, Investment Banker or just a small business buying a competitor, the odds are only about 1 in 3 that your transaction will be successful.  An unsuccessful venture can be defined that it does not meet your expectations, that it will perform below industry standards or that it will result in financial failure. And while some ventures fail due to poor technical due diligence, over-optimistic financial projections, excess debt or unanticipated market conditions, the majority of failures are caused by not adequately considering the people and cultural factors. Inadequate integration planning and ineffective execution leads to low morale, lost productivity, unexpected voluntary turnover, loss of know-how, damaged customer relations and much more. You can do everything else right, but your investment will be in serious jeopardy if you mishandle the people part. 

Leathers Milligan understands what it takes to make the people part of a merger or acquisition successful. Whether it is leading the due diligence effort in the human resource disciplines, gracefully helping to implement the post closing outplacement as a part of the “right-sizing” of the workforce, evaluating and addressing the cultural differences between the organizations or defining and implementing the total integration strategy, putting Leathers Milligan consultants on your team can dramatically lower your integration costs, reduce the likelihood of wrongful termination litigation, minimize any loss of productivity and help retain the talent that you are counting on to make the merger and acquisition investment a success. In short, having Leathers Milligan on your team will greatly increase the odds that your merger or acquisition will provide the returns you planned for.