Blackstone Group Inc. has agreed to acquire the glass unit of Indian conglomerate Piramal Enterprises Ltd. for about $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The transaction could be announced as soon as in the next few weeks, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. The U.S. private equity giant is in talks with banks for about a $400 million, five-year loan to fund the deal, another person said. Piramal Enterprises is looking to sell some non-core businesses to boost capital. In June, the group agreed to sell a 20% stake in Piramal Pharma Ltd. to private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc. for $490 million, giving the business an enterprise value of $2.7 billion. Representatives for Piramal and Blackstone declined to comment. Piramal Glass makes glass packaging and has factories in the U.S., India and Sri Lanka with a total capacity of 1,475 tons per day, according to its website. The former Gujarat Glass was acquired by Piramal Group in 1984. Shares of Piramal Enterprises have fallen about 8.4% this year in Mumbai, giving the company a market value of about $4.2 billion.

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Adobe Inc. said it will acquire Workfront Inc. for $1.5 billion to add a collaboration tool to its marketing software, providing expanded offerings during a pandemic that has forced companies to maintain productivity while employees work from home. The deal is expected to close sometime from December to February 2021, San Jose, California-based Adobe said in a statement. Workfront, based in Lehi, Utah, will take its 3,000 corporate customers and 1 million users to the software maker best known for Photoshop. Bloomberg earlier reported that the acquisition could come as soon as Monday. Adobe has been a leader in the graphics and visual software industry for decades, but hasn’t offered collaboration tools. The company’s shares, which have climbed 43% this year, declined 4.8% to $471.14 at the close in New York. After recent stumbles, the acquisition is Adobe’s biggest effort to reorient its Experience Cloud division, which includes marketing, advertising and analytics software, toward areas that are growing. The company has sought to make its creative and business applications more collaborative, so that teams can more easily work together on projects. During the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses have found it essential to have better communication among colleagues working remotely. Adobe has curtailed some of its advertising services that had a low profit margin and said it had a new strategy of catering to customers that use multiple Experience Cloud tools. Unlike other makers of work productivity tools, including Asana Inc. and Atlassian Inc., which owns Trello, Workfront is focused on marketers, who use the software every day to “manage content, plan and track marketing campaigns and execute complex workflows across teams,” Adobe said in the statement. Marketers are also major clients for Adobe, which already integrates several of its products with Workfront’s offering. Workfront will be Adobe’s fifth-biggest acquisition, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The purchase marks the first major action by Anil Chakravarthy, an executive vice president, who joined Adobe in January after serving as chief executive officer of Informatica LLC. Chakravarthy said in an interview that Adobe and Workfront have more than 1,000 mutual clients. “Every customer that we talk to is investing more and more in digital marketing,” he said. “They want to get more efficiency out of digital marketing efforts. They want to get more agility and speed into their digital marketing efforts. As the investments grow the amount of work involved in marketing, is growing exponentially and they really need a system to be able to manage work so they get the right efficiency, productivity and collaboration across their teams.” Workfront has seen interest in its software increase during the pandemic as marketing companies seek to get more insight into which employees are working on what part of a project, Alex Shootman, Workfront’s chief executive officer, said in an interview. The Adobe acquisition, he said, is an “awesome outcome.” “When you have an opportunity to work with the company that CMOs rely on to run their business, which is Adobe, and you’re a company like Workfront, that takes us forward years in terms of what we would have been able to accomplish on our own,” Shootman said. Shootman will continue to run the Workfront team and will report to Chakravarthy when the acquisition is completed. Workfront has raised about $100 million to date, according to PitchBook. Last year, W Capital Partners, Susquehanna Growth Equity and AllianceBernstein’s AB Private Credit Investors acquired a minority stake in the company after buying out some of its investors for $280 million. It’s also backed by OpenView, Greenspring Associates and JMI Equity. The company, formerly known as AtTask, was founded in 2001 by Scott Johnson, who is now its chairman. Workfront said last year that it had generated $200 million in revenue in 2018. #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers #expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance #maconsultants #consultants

Spotify Announces Strategic Acquisition of Podcast Technology Leader, Megaphone Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT), the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, today announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Megaphone, one of the world’s most innovative podcast advertising and publishing platforms. Together, Spotify and Megaphone will help advertisers and podcast publishers realize the full potential of podcasts. The two companies will achieve this through the power of the Megaphone Targeted Marketplace and by making Streaming Ad Insertion available to third-party podcast publishers for the first time. With this acquisition, Spotify continues to deliver against its goal to become the world’s leading audio platform and focus on growing audio monetization across the industry. The acquisition follows Spotify’s launch of Streaming Ad Insertion, an innovative podcast ad technology that delivers the intimacy and quality of traditional podcast ads with the precision and transparency of modern day digital marketing. Advertisers will now be able to activate across Spotify’s Original & Exclusive podcasts while scaling reach through the Megaphone Targeted Marketplace. For podcast publishers, the acquisition will unlock innovative tools that will help them earn more from their work. This includes the opportunity to opt-in to have their content monetized, matching their listeners with even greater demand from advertisers. Following transaction close, Spotify will soon make Streaming Ad Insertion available to all podcast publishers on Megaphone, the first time this technology will be made available to third-parties. With Streaming Ad Insertion, podcast publishers will be able to offer more valuable podcast audiences to advertisers based on confirmed ad impressions. “We are still in the early chapters of the streaming audio industry story, but it is absolutely clear that the potential is significant,” said Dawn Ostroff, Chief Content & Advertising Business Officer, Spotify. “We look forward to Megaphone joining Spotify on our mission to accelerate smarter podcast monetization for advertisers and podcast publishers powered by a scaled audience and state-of-the-art technology.” “We are incredibly excited to join Spotify to help advance the podcast medium for publishers and advertisers alike,” said Brendan Monaghan, CEO, Megaphone. “We believe that Megaphone and Spotify’s shared value in innovation will drive the podcast ecosystem forward around the world.” The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. About Spotify Technology S.A. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 60 million tracks, including more than 1.9 million podcast titles, for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features for music including improved sound quality and an on-demand, offline, and ad-free listening experience. Today, Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with 320m users, including 144m subscribers, across 92 markets. We use our Investors and For the Record websites as well as other social media listed in the “Resources – Social Media” tab of our Investors website to disclose material company information. For more information, images, or to contact the press team, head over to https://newsroom.spotify.com/. About Megaphone Megaphone is a podcast technology company that provides hosting and ad-insertion capabilities for publishers and targeted ad sales for brand partners. The Megaphone platform connects enterprise-level podcasters and media companies with best-in-class tools to publish, monetize, and measure their audio content. Megaphone Targeted Marketplace (MTM) revolutionizes podcast advertising by offering brands unprecedented listener reach, true measurement, efficient execution, and guaranteed brand safety. Megaphone Creative Solutions (MCS) provides end-to-end creative services for advertisers, developing breakthrough audio ads that envelop the user and drive results. #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers #expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance #maconsultants #consultants

Tiffany, LVMH are in talks to reduce the value of their deal and settle dispute, sources say Jeweler Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton-owner LVMH are discussing new terms for their merger, which could help resolve an ongoing dispute between the two companies, CNBC’s David Faber reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. Under the revised terms, LVMH would acquire Tiffany for $130 to $133 per share, compared with an original price of $135 per share, Faber reported, noting the talks remain fluid. He added the retailers are looking to get a deal done as soon as possible. Earlier, there had been a discussion of a tender offer, but that is unlikely at this point, those familiar with the talks said. Representatives from Tiffany and LVMH did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comments.

Softbank-backed delivery startup goPuff on Thursday said it will acquire alcoholic beverage chain BevMo! for $350 million, paving the way for the company to enter the California market. The agreement also means goPuff, which currently provides on-demand delivery of household goods in 500 cities, will significantly expand its infrastructure with the addition of BevMo!'s 161 stores in California, Arizona, and Washington. The announcement comes less than a month after goPuff raised $380 million in a round led by Accel and D1 Partners. Investors also included the Softbank Vision Fund and Luxor Capital, bringing the company's valuation to $3.9 billion. GoPuff was started by co-founders Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev seven years ago when they were students at Drexel University. "Our view is, BevMo! is an amazing brand. It's an iconic brand, great customer base, great distribution network, and we thought this is a logical move for us and a big move to bring goPuff to California," Gola said. The deal makes sense particularly during the pandemic, according to some industry experts

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M&A activity globally, for the year, is at a record high. According to data from Mergermarket, global M&A activity has reached its highest post-crisis value with $1.94 trillion across 8,560 deals recorded in the first six months of the year. The heightened demand follows from a booming deal market in the digital and software segments, low interest rates that are making deals a lucrative strategic option for cash loaded companies and a growing desire to leverage mergers/acquisitions to regain market share from newer, disruptive firms. Meanwhile, dry powder in the private equity sector – cash available for deals but for which no suitable targets have been identified – has hit $1.7 trillion, found an analysis by Bain & Company released earlier this year. M & A Consulting firms play an integral role in deals that come to a successful close, partnering with lawyers, tax advisors, accountants and bankers to provide the services which are needed to take a deal from inception to closure. Services consultancies play a role in include corporate strategy (how M&A activity aligns with the firm’s overall strategy), M&A strategy (which M&A approach will be most valuable) and target search & selection (mostly performed by specialised M&A consultancies and corporate finance firms). After the identification of targets, consulting firms are then tapped to support the due diligence phase where targets are investigated across a range of dimensions, including commercials, financials, the quality of leadership, human resources, the state of technology and legal. In the valuation phase, consulting firms apply rigorous models and financial brainpower to assess the value of a target, which is in turn, is used as input for the negotiation phase. In parallel, post-deal strategies and integration roadmaps are prepared across the entire primary and secondary value chain of businesses, with much of that work performed by specialised deal teams, including consultants. Finally, once the deal has been sealed and the process flows into the implementation phase, management consultants support post-integration work. Without significant staffing expertise in the Mergers & Acquisitions area, a highly regarded Acquisition project can quickly go from Winner to Loser, if certain proven risk mitigation initiatives are not implemented during the Deal Negotiation and Due Diligence phases of the project. If you find that your business needs additional Mergers & Acquisitions staffing and expertise, we can help meet your needs. Contact us for assistance. NOTE: Subject to resources availability and also subject to certain project limits, which may apply. #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers#expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance#maconsultants #consultants

While mergers and acquisitions activity remained strong last year, it lost ground slightly in comparison with 2018. Global M&A volume dropped from $4.11 trillion to $4.09 trillion, according to Dealogic; and global M&A revenue, after five years of growth, saw a 10.3% decline, ending the year at $25.8 billion. M&A bankers are relying increasingly on a few megadeals to sustain revenues. Transactions above $10 billion in value accounted for almost one-third of deal volume in 2019, the highest percentage on record, Dealogic reports. Among the largest, according to Nasdaq, were the merger of United Technologies and Raytheon, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74 billion acquisition of Celgene and Saudi Aramco’s purchase of a majority stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation for $69.1 billion. “2019 provided evidence that the global drivers of M&A are changing, as more deals reflect strategic resets by the acquirer,” says David Renwick, head of the Investment Banking division at Absa, the South African financial services firm that took the title as Africa’s Best Investment Bank for M&A from Global Finance. Companies are recognizing the ways in which many once-overlooked markets, such as Africa and other developing regions, are changing and offering growth, says Renwick. Another shift is in organizational models. For instance, companies that are vertically integrated but see shrinking growth opportunities are looking more closely at horizontal acquisitions. A third shift concerns ambition, or the desire of more corporates to become relevant across emerging markets. “That creates opportunities for M&A,” Renwick says. The technology sector led the way in financial-sponsor M&A, with 651 deals totaling $209.6 billion last year, according to Dealogic. “Technology has had a very strong few years,” says Greg Peirce, head of Global M&A Advisory with UBS. “More recently, there has been a clear shift toward consolidation in the technology sector where scale has become critical. Increasingly, owners are looking at all ways to cement their market position and enhance consumer value.” The greatest growth, however, was in oil and gas, where 50 deals worth a record $56.2 billion were inked. J.P. Morgan, which grabbed Global Finance’s top spot for M&A in North America, maintained its #1 ranking for global investment banking fees with overall share gains, according to Dealogic, with a gains in market share of 9.2% globally and 9.4% in the US, representing substantial growth over the previous year. The value of the 285 M&A deals that JPM advised on worldwide increased by 16.4% over the previous year according to Mergermarkets. In the US alone, in 2019 JPM advised on 188 M&A deals with a combined value more than 42% than the previous year. Africa saw M&A activity grow last year in several sectors, Renwick says, notably natural resources and renewable energy. Absa was the sell-side adviser to Tata Power when it divested its 50% stake in renewable energy operator Cennergi to Exxaro Resources, a South African mining company. “Interestingly, Exxaro, a coal producer, is aggressively moving into renewable energy,” Renwick notes. Activity has also been strong in media and technology—particularly in telecommunications, he adds. As some global telecommunications platforms have become more like utilities than growth stocks, they are divesting assets in hopes of bolstering growth. Absa advised on the purchase by Berkshire Partners of a controlling interest in Teraco Data Environments, the largest data center platform on the African continent. “This highlights how big private equity firms are finding assets in emerging markets,” Renwick says. “It also shows the activity in the telecom and technology space.” Along with its M&A business, Absa is working to nurture Africa’s domestic capital markets—for instance, helping Zambian companies to raise money from Zambian pension funds and insurers rather than from investors located outside the country. “This will allow a lot of the midsize growth in Africa to be financed by a developing institutional investor base,” Renwick says. A critical first step is boosting GDP per capita, which will increase disposable income, driving interest in savings and insurance products. Another goal is to get institutions to buy equities in multiple African countries. “It’s a continual dialogue,” Renwick says. Latin American M&A volume jumped 8.1% last year, to $85 billion, Dealogic reports. At the top were the utility sector and the energy and transportation sectors. “Latin America as a whole, and Brazil in particular, have been recovering from a languishing M&A market over the 2015 to 2018 period,” says Bruno Amaral, partner at BTG Pactual, Global Finance’s top M&A bank for the region and the largest investment bank in Latin America. Brazil’s recovery is driven by pension and other structural economic reforms, which make the country more attractive to foreign players and financial investors. Record-low interest rates are driving local capital toward higher risk-return allocations, further improving prospects for future M&A activity, Amaral adds. BTG’s sizable investment banking team within the region allows it to handle “transactions of all sizes with the same level of commitment and efficiency,” he says. A noteworthy transaction last year was Hapvida’s 5 billion Brazilian real ($1.3 billion in May 2019) acquisition of Grupo Sao Francisco Saude, one of the largest deals in the past few years in the active Brazilian health care M&A landscape. “Company investors received the transaction very well, triggering a massive rally of the stock price and a successful follow-on equity offering to finance the deal,” says Amaral. UBS, which earned the nod from Global Finance as the Best M&A Bank in Asia-Pacific, provides M&A advisory throughout the region, including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India and across Southeast Asia, says the bank’s Peirce. Last year, UBS advised China Resources Enterprise on its formation of a strategic partnership with Heineken in China, Hong Kong and Macau. “The $3.9 billion cross-border partnership transformed the competitive landscape in China’s beer sector, allowing China Resources Beer [Holdings] to strengthen its presence in the premium beer market,” says Peirce. At the same time, it provided CRB access to Heineken’s established global network. UBS was also sole financial adviser to Philippines-based San Miguel Corporation on its $2.15 billion acquisition of an 86% stake in Holcim Philippines from LafargeHolcim, a Swiss multinational. “The deal breaks new ground, as it features a local player making a very large acquisition from an international vendor,” Peirce says. “Our long-established and broad geographic footprint in Asia-Pacific, coupled with deep sector knowledge, means we can offer clients genuine global connectivity. It has been a key differentiator for us.” Credit Suisse Securities, this year’s winner for M&A in Western Europe, acted as financial advisor to Chevron Corporation on its acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The stock and cash deal, announced in April 2019, was valued at $33 billion. Credit Suisse, based in Switzerland, has approximately $783 billion in assets. Sberbank was involved in some of the most high-profile M&A deals in Central and Eastern Europe, including a high-profile tie-up with Mail.Ru for its food delivery and ride hailing joint venture. Over the past five years, the bank’s M&A team has advised parties on more than 40 transactions, comprising a number of multi-billion high-profile domestic and cross-border deals. In the Middle East, KAMCO Investment Company played an advisory role in the bidding process organized by the Capital Markets Authority of Kuwait for an equity stake in Boursa Kuwait in March 2019. The company had been part of a consortium appointed by the CMA to lead the privatization process. Headquartered in Kuwait, KAMCO Investment Company offers a range of services, including asset management, investment banking and brokerage. Across all regions, knowledge of local markets, tax regimes and regulations is critical to successfully executing M&A transactions. “The most important qualities to thrive in today’s Latin America M&A market are the ability to tap into extensive local knowledge and relationships cultivated over many years,” Amaral says. Increasingly, M&A dealmakers also “need the ability to read political tea leaves,” says David Stowell, professor of finance at Northwestern University—and not only the internal politics of client companies. “So many M&A decisions now must consider not just the economic outlook, but how politicians will think about it.” Although not often mentioned in an M&A context, conviction is similarly important. “The M&A process can be very slow and tiring,” Renwick says. “Collectively, we need to have real conviction behind a particular opportunity to get it over the finish line.” #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers #expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance #maconsultants #consultants

M&A activity globally, for the year, is at a record high. According to data from Mergermarket, global M&A activity has reached its highest post-crisis value with $1.94 trillion across 8,560 deals recorded in the first six months of the year. The heightened demand follows from a booming deal market in the digital and software segments, low interest rates that are making deals a lucrative strategic option for cash loaded companies and a growing desire to leverage mergers/acquisitions to regain market share from newer, disruptive firms. Meanwhile, dry powder in the private equity sector – cash available for deals but for which no suitable targets have been identified – has hit $1.7 trillion, found an analysis by Bain & Company released earlier this year. M & A Consulting firms play an integral role in deals that come to a successful close, partnering with lawyers, tax advisors, accountants and bankers to provide the services which are needed to take a deal from inception to closure. Services consultancies play a role that include corporate strategy (how M&A activity aligns with the firm’s overall strategy), M&A strategy (which M&A approach will be most valuable) and target search & selection (mostly performed by specialised M&A consultancies and corporate finance firms). After the identification of targets, consulting firms are then tapped to support the due diligence phase where targets are investigated across a range of dimensions, including commercials, financials, the quality of leadership, human resources, the state of technology and legal. In the valuation phase, consulting firms apply rigorous models and financial brainpower to assess the value of a target, which is in turn, is used as input for the negotiation phase. In parallel, post-deal strategies and integration roadmaps are prepared across the entire primary and secondary value chain of businesses, with much of that work performed by specialised deal teams, including consultants. Finally, once the deal has been sealed and the process flows into the implementation phase, management consultants support post-integration work. Without significant staffing expertise in the Mergers & Acquisitions area, a highly regarded Acquisition project can quickly go from a Winner to a Loser, if certain proven risk mitigation strategies are not implemented during the Deal Negotiation and Due Diligence phases of the project. If your business needs experienced Mergers & Acquisitions Consultants for your projects contact us for assistance. #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers #expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance #maconsultants #consultants

M&A activity globally, for the year, is at a record high. According to data from Mergermarket, global M&A activity has reached its highest post-crisis value with $1.94 trillion across 8,560 deals recorded in the first six months of the year. The heightened demand follows from a booming deal market in the digital and software segments, low interest rates that are making deals a lucrative strategic option for cash loaded companies and a growing desire to leverage mergers/acquisitions to regain market share from newer, disruptive firms. Meanwhile, dry powder in the private equity sector – cash available for deals but for which no suitable targets have been identified – has hit $1.7 trillion, found an analysis by Bain & Company released earlier this year. M & A Consulting firms play an integral role in deals that come to a successful close, partnering with lawyers, tax advisors, accountants and bankers to provide the services which are needed to take a deal from inception to closure. Services consultancies play a role in include corporate strategy (how M&A activity aligns with the firm’s overall strategy), M&A strategy (which M&A approach will be most valuable) and target search & selection (mostly performed by specialised M&A consultancies and corporate finance firms). After the identification of targets, consulting firms are then tapped to support the due diligence phase where targets are investigated across a range of dimensions, including commercials, financials, the quality of leadership, human resources, the state of technology and legal. In the valuation phase, consulting firms apply rigorous models and financial brainpower to assess the value of a target, which is in turn, is used as input for the negotiation phase. In parallel, post-deal strategies and integration roadmaps are prepared across the entire primary and secondary value chain of businesses, with much of that work performed by specialised deal teams, including consultants. Finally, once the deal has been sealed and the process flows into the implementation phase, management consultants support post-integration work. Without significant staffing expertise in the Mergers & Acquisitions area, a highly regarded Acquisition project can quickly go from Winner to Loser, if certain proven risk mitigation initiatives are not implemented during the Deal Negotiation and Due Diligence phases of the project. If you find that your business needs additional Mergers & Acquisitions staffing and expertise, we can help meet your needs. Contact us for assistance. NOTE: Subject to resources availability and also subject to certain project limits, which may apply. #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers#expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance#maconsultants #consultants

M&A activity globally, for the year, is at a record high. According to data from Mergermarket, global M&A activity has reached its highest post-crisis value with $1.94 trillion across 8,560 deals recorded in the first six months of the year. The heightened demand follows from a booming deal market in the digital and software segments, low interest rates that are making deals a lucrative strategic option for cash loaded companies and a growing desire to leverage mergers/acquisitions to regain market share from newer, disruptive firms. Meanwhile, dry powder in the private equity sector – cash available for deals but for which no suitable targets have been identified – has hit $1.7 trillion, found an analysis by Bain & Company released earlier this year. M & A Consulting firms play an integral role in deals that come to a successful close, partnering with lawyers, tax advisors, accountants and bankers to provide the services which are needed to take a deal from inception to closure. Services consultancies play a role in include corporate strategy (how M&A activity aligns with the firm’s overall strategy), M&A strategy (which M&A approach will be most valuable) and target search & selection (mostly performed by specialised M&A consultancies and corporate finance firms). After the identification of targets, consulting firms are then tapped to support the due diligence phase where targets are investigated across a range of dimensions, including commercials, financials, the quality of leadership, human resources, the state of technology and legal. In the valuation phase, consulting firms apply rigorous models and financial brainpower to assess the value of a target, which is in turn, is used as input for the negotiation phase. In parallel, post-deal strategies and integration roadmaps are prepared across the entire primary and secondary value chain of businesses, with much of that work performed by specialised deal teams, including consultants. Finally, once the deal has been sealed and the process flows into the implementation phase, management consultants support post-integration work. Without significant staffing expertise in the Mergers & Acquisitions area, a highly regarded Acquisition project can quickly go from Winner to Loser, if certain proven risk mitigation initiatives are not implemented during the Deal Negotiation and Due Diligence phases of the project. If you find that your business needs additional Mergers & Acquisitions staffing and expertise, we can help meet your needs. Contact us for assistance. NOTE: Subject to resources availability and also subject to certain project limits, which may apply. #mergers #expertinfo #mergersandacquisitions #duediligence #news #expertinfomergers#expertinfoacquisitions #expertmanda #ma #manda #merge #acquisitions #funding #finance#maconsultants #consultants