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Alexis Gilman is an Antitrust Partner at Crowell & Moring focusing on counseling and representing clients in antitrust merger investigations and litigation, particularly in the healthcare, retail, food & beverage, consumer products, distribution, technology, liquor/spirits, private equity, and gaming/casino industries, with experience in Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, foreign merger-control filings, and trade association counseling. Alexis has been … Read more

There are reports in the media that the two largest Swiss banks (UBS and CS) are exploring a merger. Bringing together two large organizations and banks in a merger poses a lot of challenges. In this particular case there are at least three potential challenges to overcome: REGULATION As a reaction to banking crises and … Read more

The Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA) partners BIZIT Inc. to provide best practices in Mergers & Acquisitions Education for Japanese companies. Singapore and Tokyo, July 1, 2020 – We are pleased to announce that as of June 1st 2020, The Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances has entered into a collaboration agreement with … Read more

In this previously unreleased interview, Prof. Hofstede shares insights and lessons learned on his research and in life. We are extremely saddened about one of our faculty member Professor Geerts Hofstede’s passing earlier this year. In remembrance of one of the most revered figures is culture research, we would like to share a previously unreleased … Read more

The Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances is proud to announce that we have been approved by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as an official Recertification Provider. The SHRM provides the leading certification for human resource professionals, and we are excited to be included as an approved recertification provider for their network of HR experts. As … Read more

Summary of Key Findings   On March 19 & 20, 2019 we ran a survey with 400 participants from Private Equity in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Please find below the summary of the key findings: More than 85% of participants expect that GDP will decrease, 75% expect that decrease to be more than 1%. The … Read more

Blitzumfrage Private Equity : Reaktionen auf SARS-CoV-2 Private Equity als Impfstoff gegen ökonomische Kriseninfektion? Vorwort Der Corona-Virus Covid19 oder SARS-CoV-2, wie die medizinisch korrekte Bezeichnung lautet, hat sich längst von einer virologischen auch zu einer wirtschaftlichen Pandemie entwickelt. An den Aktienmärkten sind seit nunmehr drei Wochen drastische Kursabstürze zu beobachten. Diese haben bei Anlegern reelle … Read more

After reviewing the impact of COVID on currently ongoing post-merger integration projects in our first article of this series, let’s have a look at the impact on companies with acquisitions in the previous few years, their integration efforts and end results. This impact may be even higher than for ongoing post-merger integration projects, because if you have … Read more