The Mergers & Acquisitions Podcast

In this bonus episode Guus Greve (accompanied by guests from the M&A series), goes through all the steps required to get to a deal. A great guide for those who want to come prepared to the challenges of doing a deal AND creating value in doing so.

Since its IPO in 1994, leading energy, healthcare and technology group DCC has made over 400 acquisitions, making DCC a brilliant case study of how to execute a serial acquisitions strategy. In episode 2 of this podcast series we heard Jeff Rudnicky of McKinsey explain how serial acquirers create more value than other companies, so listen to Guus’ conversation with Donal to find out how DCC, now a FTSE100 firm, makes that happen.

In this episode, two experts in their field help Guus to explore Due Diligence in transactions: Julienne provides a legal perspective while George, Founder of Pilko and Associates, shares his wide experience on operational, EHS and EGS issues.

This podcast provides a unique insight in how to get your deal approved against the background of an increasingly complex competition law and national security filing world. Oliver Bretz is founding partner of Euclid law. He has has dealt with competition authorities for many years and has set up his firm to be the most commercial specialist in competition law advice.

Kevin Kaiser, arguably one of the world’s leading Professors of Finance and currently teaching at Wharton School of Business, takes us on a whirlwind tour of what is value and what is value creation. He provides great insight on the contribution that M&A makes to society; what traps do we fall into that lead to value destruction; how can we do better, and which companies get it right. A highly valuable 101 on valuation that is worth listening to more than once! 

In this episode the tables are turned, and host Guus Greve is interviewed by financial journalist Heather West. They discuss value creation and value destruction in M&A, how to look at dealmakers as sports athletes and how to create an M&A organisation that will keep learning from deal to deal.

Negotiations are at the heart of Mergers and Acquisitions. Guus (ex Shell) and Javed Ahmed (ex Vitol) used to sit across each other at the negotiation table discussing the largest M&A deals, and Guus considers Javed to be one of the smartest counterparts he has dealt with. In this episode they speak about these deals and Javed explains how he learned to be a master negotiator.

In Episode 3 of the M&A podcast Guus' guest is Julian Mylchreest, Executive Vice Chairman of Bank of America. Julian and Guus discuss how to approach selling a business; dos and don’ts in negotiations and the current state of the M&A market in the energy sector.