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How to identify potential acquisition targets (middle market companies), when a big company is trying to acquire middle-market companies?
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I mean what is the process? How do you usually go about it?
Your internal M&A teams do their own strategic searches and take advice from M&A pitches (haha yea right).
Then you go through a lot of BS and pitching and negotiating and minor stock fluctuations.
Look up sourcing
I really appreciate your time and responses, but could you folks elaborate more?
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If the firm has an internal M&A group, that is how it sources potential deals, working alongside BD, business unit leaders and corporate strategy teams.
They also could hire an investment bank to run a buy side process.
Maybe they just simply meet another firm they want to acquire at an industry conference.
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How to go about finding these companies/targets?
Like some of the techniques or examples or instances
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