M&A Support
Bridge has extensive experience advising clients throughout the entire M&A cycle, from potential acquisition target identification and due diligence, to post-merger integration and business turnaround.
Mergers and acquisitions offer unique opportunities for market share gain, growth platform development, improved profitability and talent and capability enhancement. Yet too often companies spend more time chasing and/or reacting to opportunistic transactions than identifying and nurturing acquisition opportunities consistent with strategic objectives. Alternatively, if companies do pursue opportunities in line with core strategic goals, they often do not achieve the revenue expansion and cost savings targets anticipated at the start of the acquisition process.
Bridge has deep expertise in helping our clients address the key questions associated with a successful mergers and acquisitions program, including:
Do we have the right skills and infrastructure in place to execute an M&A program from initial strategy through to post-merger integration?
How does M&A activity fit into our long-term strategic, operational and financial plans?
What target companies offer the best fit and the greatest chance for profitable growth?
What business and financial analyses are necessary to determine accurate and plausible valuation and synergy estimates?
How can we work within financial and regulatory frameworks to ensure a successful offer?
What steps must we take to ensure a successful integration and capture of full transaction value?
What combined functions and activities have to be operational on Day One after closing?
What processes, functions and systems must be integrated as soon as possible and what processes, functions and systems can be integrated over time? How do we prioritize these activities?
How will we know if our integration program is on track? How can we measure success?
Bridge works with our clients to ensure that an M&A program is consistent with a client’s financial, strategic, operational and cultural goals. We actively engage with client and target company management, bankers and other third-party advisors to develop a more comprehensive approach to the transaction process – one that is explicitly linked to strategic objectives and post merger integration success. This holistic approach ensures that the overall goals of the acquisition – profitable growth and seamless integration – guide all phases of the effort from initial strategy development to integration planning and execution.
