M & A Services provides a unique service for companies involved in merger and acquisition projects.  We help their executives  establish objectives, evaluate and choose candidates, negotiate price and close the deal to the company's best advantage.  We help management plan the integration of the new acquisition, and supplement existing resources during the integration process.

M & A Services' principals are experienced, senior level consultants. On a combined basis the six principals of Merger & Acquisition Services, L.L.C. have over 200 years of business experience, seven graduate degrees and seven professional certifications.  Consulting is a career for all of our principals with professional tenures ranging from 20 to 35 years.  We have advised thousands of companies ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 50, and representing virtually every industry segment.

What sets us apart from other senior consultants?  We not only make our knowledge and experience "available" to our clients, but we also apply it directly on each project.  How?  We do the work ourselves!

M & A Services has assembled this Web Site to describe the depth and breadth of the services we provide and to introduce you to our principals.  We look forward to working with you in future merger and acquisition projects.

The Strategic Advantage

"Sixty-three percent of all mergers fail to achieve or sustain desired financial and market performance. A full thirty-five percent out-and-out fail."

In this Wall Street Journal assessment of merger and acquisition activity, most of the failures were attributed, not to inadequate financial analysis or due diligence, but to underestimating the requirements placed on existing management, the impacts on customers, managerial and cultural clashes, and a general failure to take advantage of the synergy created from the merger or acquisition.

It is difficult for any company to maintain the available internal resources or to marshal and manage the variety of consultant resources required to do an effective job in acquisition analysis, negotiation and post-acquisition integration.

Companies today can rely on a unique source of expertise to assess, negotiate and integrate strategic mergers and acquisitions.

Merger & Acquisition Services, L.L.C. is a company dedicated to enhancing the value of merger and acquisition transactions by providing services that include:

• augmenting your staff or providing a turn-key assessment

• evaluating a specific process or performing a total organization and operational review

• evaluating pre-acquisition or post-acquisition integration needs and opportunities

 
M&A Services provides several core services, all focused in four key areas which cause the most anxiety for the acquiring corporation and its executives: Significance, Validation, Valuation and Integration.

Significance relates to the primary variables which will determine the successful outcome of any acquisition. Results of the work performed in this area include determining the strategic "fit" of the acquisition; identifying those organizational, operational and market factors which are critical to the success of the acquisition; and preparing a plan for managing the risks associated with the transaction.

Validation includes verifying internal or external information; and substantiating the potential of the future operations especially related to the areas of strategic advantage. This work is performed in addition to the traditional "due diligence" activities performed by attorneys and accountants.

Valuation addresses the fair market value of the candidate. The focus of the process is financial, but includes the financial impact and risk exposure of "soft side" issues such as customer loyalty, market position, organizational climate or operational processes.

Integration involves the transition management for combining the two entities. The primary objective is to optimize the synergy of the integrated companies while avoiding market and organization disruption that often leads to financial disaster.