Lundberg: Smaller M&A Deals Require More Advisory Work Than Large Ones
Carl Lundberg · Carl Called Business Deadlines Nonsense. His Reasoning Is Hard to Argue · Jan 16, 2024 · at 2:20
Carl Lundberg, partner at accounting and advisory firm Gerald Edelman, discusses why smaller acquisition transactions often require more hands-on effort than large corporate deals.
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“Normally working on kind of smaller transactions they are, you know, you need a little bit more input. The buyers and the sellers actually need a bit more support to get the deal done. And often, you know, things tend to come up because the businesses aren't quite as formalized, the systems in place aren't quite as strong, and there's quite a bit more work that needs to be done during the deal process. Whereas, you know, in larger deals with more structured, more formal, more mature businesses all that stuff is, is set up well before.”
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