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Mid-market merger mania? Maybe next year

Apparently 75% of M&A deals don't make enough money in their first seven years to cover the purchase costs. Often the problem is that the purchasing company sticks to its old formula and doesn't make the most of what it has just acquired. The same problem may dog these mergers. Take DWF's purchase of Crutes (and maybe Cobbetts). The moment the DWF logo goes up, the fear is that people will forget what made these firms attractive in the first place. Will the Carlisle office be allowed to prosper? Will niche teams be encouraged?

12-Dec-2011

7:55 pm