Mergers & Acquisitions Still Hot Like The Go, Go 80's
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 13, 2024
Written by: Thomas J. Kent Jr., Executive Contributor
Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.
Nowadays, the term Mergers & Acquisitions can denote a wide variety of transactions. However, the core business model remains the same. Find a diamond in the rough, acquire it (get a percentage ownership for it) polish it up, make it presentable and sell outright to the highest bidder with the least restrictions. Joint ventures and alliances aside, audits play a keen part in getting dealflow to completion.
The quickest vehicle for handling Mergers & Acquisitions deals successfully at the present moment happens to be via LinkedIn. It is a great meeting place for professionals, but more importantly, it is a great conduit for deal presentation and acquisition. Once a person sets up an account, constantly reaching out to professionals within the field or adjacent to the sector they are interested in, it is just a matter of consistent follow up to complete a deal. There are professionals that handle 2 deals on average every single month on LinkedIn. The average time spent on these deals are 3 hours at the maximum.
An entity that likes a presented deal usually moves quick and finishes the deal within 3 weeks. The caveat holds true that if s deal exceeds a month on the LinkedIn platform, it probably is a dying deal and may be left undone. The alarming trend is to never force a buyer or sellers' hand in making an immediate decision which leads to wasted time for most professionals while pursuing a definitive end goal for their Mergers & Acquisitions deal. The pacifying attitude bodes trouble for most professionals trying their hardest to complete a deal.
We are, after all, dealing with a 2 trillion-dollar market for combined closed deals and that is just for the second quarter of 2021. All this activity is post-pandemic, unprecedented when compared to historical norms. Almost 18,000 deals have been closed by the second half of 2021 and North America still being the number one place for most activity. Since this is a continuously growing market, tread deep and tread wide. It has been a fruitful market for all and in a truly sector agnostic way. Scale and growth are inevitable for a thriving company, Mergers & Acquisitions provide an ideal way to handle this on an extremely flexible level. As the familiar quote goes, “Go and do likewise, gents. Go and do likewise.” Be a part of this historical growth and catch the tailwind sooner.
Thomas J. Kent Jr., Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Mr. Kent is the founder, C.E.O., And Chairman of Kent Global LLC. Kent Global LLC is a boutique investment firm based in New York City. Mr. Kent has helped over 300 companies raise over 1 billion USD.
