Today’s mergers and acquisitions landscape involves more transactions between companies of difference in sizes (in terms of assets, capitalisation etc)1. But if you are a Goliath, a giant in your industry, looking to buy over a David, a startup or small medium enterprise, some understanding of the nature of such transactions and the risks this entails is fundamental.
In the first of a two-part series, we will explore the risks that Goliath will need to know before assuming such transactions and some of the steps that Goliath will need to consider prior to doing so. In our subsequent series, we will investigate ways in which David should get itself ready for such a transaction.
