We will explore the significant opportunities to drive value in financial process automation, and the disruptive technologies that make it possible.

What do today’s finance technologies offer executives overseeing an M&A deal? On this M&A Views episode, we’re talking about how finance automation and other leading-edge tools can help finance leaders reduce their teams’ burden when it comes to preparation that pays off on day one and beyond.

On this episode of M&A Views, we explore what’s driving a recent uptick in oil and gas M&A, how energy M&A activity is changing amid new sustainability initiatives, and the types of opportunities investors are eyeing in a shifting energy landscape.

Is your board ready for the return of shareholder activism? M&A Views looks at how directors can respond.

What do you need to know to get the deal done in today’s M&A market? How can a smart M&A transaction transform your company to make it more resilient?

On this episode, Deloitte Consulting Principals Ami Rich and Matt Usdin discuss ways culture is transforming the M&A environment and break down the key components of a successful cultural integration. They offer steps leaders can take to approach culture in a way that helps their transaction reach target outcomes as quickly as possible and also explore why cultural considerations are starting to leak into the due diligence phase of M&A deals.

In this episode, Eric Capron, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Justin Sullivan, senior manager with Deloitte Consulting LLP, explore how M&A activity can present opportunities to evaluate finance transformation initiatives. They also offer key considerations for investing in digital transformation ahead of a transaction and break down how to integrate new capabilities into a targeted M&A source.

In this episode, Paul Nigro and Mike Wilton, M&A IT Health Care Managing Directors with Deloitte Consulting LLP, break down what’s behind the recent transaction uptick and why deals involving healthcare IT outsourcing models are gaining traction. They also explore the surging optimism among private equity buyers and why more deals are fusing healthcare payers with providers.

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been in the news—and for good reason. They’re an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional IPO roadshow and a potentially lucrative outlet for pent-up cash reserves among private equity investors. In this episode, Mike Dziczkowski, Jeff Bergner, and David Oberst, M&A transaction service partners with Deloitte and Touche LLP, break down the history of SPACs.

In part two of this episode, Eric Capron, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and Justin Sullivan, senior manager with Deloitte Consulting LLP continue their conversation on M&A as a finance transformation catalyst and take a closer look at the benefits and challenges executives face when transforming their organization while closing a transaction, especially in the current environment.