Appendix
This appendix provides you with extra content to help get your M&A show on the road, including Web sites, sample M&A documents, and lists of the info you may need to gather for important M&A stages.
Online Resources
All M&A deal-makers need some extra help, so to that end I’ve compiled some resources, advisors, and private equity firms in this section.
Groups, associations, and networking organizations
M&A, as with most industries, has some networking and professional associations. If you’re thinking about pursuing a career in M&A, I suggest acquainting yourself with the following groups:
- Alliance of Merger & Acquisitions Advisors:
www.amaaonline.com - Association for Corporate Growth:
www.acg.org - Association of Professional Merger & Acquisition Advisors:
www.apmaa.com - Global M&A Network:
www.globalmanetwork.com - Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances:
www.imaa-institute.org - Merger Network:
www.mergernetwork.com
Virtual data rooms
M&A deal-makers today utilize online data rooms for due diligence (see Chapter 14). Here are few of the commonly used rooms:
- Firmex:
www.firmex.com - Merrill Datasite:
www.datasite.com - Share Vault:
www.sharevault.com - V-Rooms:
www.v-rooms.com
Periodicals
The following sections help you satisfy your nose for news. The first section lists some good sources of M&A-specific news, while the second provides some of my favorite sources for more-general business news.
M&A periodicals
- Buyouts:
www.buyoutsnews.com - The Deal:
www.thedeal.com ...
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