Future of Health – Technology and digitalization

Building on the first part of our lecture series on “Future of Health – Trends and Drivers of Transformation in the German Healthcare System”, the second part of the lecture series examined the topic of “Technology and Digitalization”. After a brief introduction and overview of the new ecosystem in the healthcare sector, speakers Alexander Morton […]

DAS INVESTMENT republishes article by Prof. Dr. Kai Lucks

As part of the “Denker der Wirtschaft” series of the magazine DAS INVESTMENT, another article by Prof. Dr. Kai Lucks, Chairman of the Board of the German Association of Mergers & Acquisitions, was published on the subject of “Why mergers fail”. If you are interested, you can register for this interesting format and read the […]

Distressed M&A – Special features and best practices

On October 5, 2021, together with our publication organ M&A REVIEW, we offered a webinar on the topic of “Distressed M&A – Special features and best practices”. 60 participants gathered at an early hour to listen to M&A specialists Christian Nicholas Bächstädt, Managing Partner of ACXIT Capital Partners, and Dr. Daniel Kiechle, Managing Director of […]

10th SpeedDating by BM&A and BVK – a successful event!

On Monday, October 4, the 10th “Private Equity meets M&A” SpeedDating, initiated by the Bundesverband Mergers & Acquisitions e.V. (BM&A e.V.) and organized together with the BVK Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften, took place. It was the first BM&A event in a long time that was combined with a personal meeting. 10 private equity investors met 10 […]

Cross Border M&A – Current topics in international M&A practice

  On June 17, 2021, the online conference “Cross Border M&A – Current Topics in International M&A Practice” took place, hosted by the German M&A Association and Hogan Lovells International LLP (“Hogan Lovells”). The “Current Topics” were presented by four partners from Hogan Lovells. The approximately 75 participants of the online conference came from corporations, […]

1 + 1 = end of the line?!

1 + 1 = End of the line?! How change communication turns the culture clash in M&A processes into a new team spirit What happens to cultures in M&A processes and how can an emotional story help people from different teams with different ideas pull together instead of causing a culture clash? In the webinar […]

M&A Cyber Webcast

  Cyber M&A Webcast of the German M&A Association – Cybersecurity insurances The second session on cyber M&A on May 10, 2021 focused on the topic of insurance. The participants were Dr. Sven Erichsen (Managing Director Erichsen GmbH), Ralph Noll (Partner Cyber Risk, Deloitte) and Christian Plath (Partner Operational Transaction Services at Deloitte). The moderator […]

NEW: Working papers of the BM&A

  We founded the German Mergers & Acquisitions Association 19 years ago as a knowledge hub to improve expertise in corporate transactions, particularly to strengthen the SME sector. Since then, we have primarily dealt with the M&A process itself and the associated specialist topics and exchanged information on these. We also held regional conferences on […]

High-security data archiving in times of cyberattacks and disasters

  Bernhard Morell and Christoph Urban gave an online lecture on 15.04. 2021 as part of the working group on digitalization of the Bundesverband Mergers & Acquisitions e.V. under the heading “Cyber in M&A transactions“. The presentation dealt with the question of what aspect secure archiving of digital data and documents plays in this context. […]

The global M&A market in times of Corona

On January 19, 2021, the international commercial law firm DLA Piper and the German Mergers & Acqusitions Association (Bundesverband Mergers & Acqusitions e.V.) jointly hosted a digital presentation entitled “The global M&A market in times of Corona – An evaluation of current transactions“. After a welcoming address by Prof. Dr. Kai Lucks, Head of the […]