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Climate change and the decarbonisation of transportation and industry are having a profound impact on fossil fuel companies. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about how this affects M&A both in terms of strategic thinking and the successful delivery of deals.

The merger of Essilor and Luxottica in 2018 was the combination of French and Italian champions in lenses and frames. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the merger, evaluate success given hindsight, and how the Italian-side Leonardo Del Vecchio prevailed in a fight for control.

Text books on M&A tend to be dry and, in our view, a little ‘out of date’. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the books they would recommend to a CEO undertaking his/her first deal. What book(s) would you give them to read this summer on the beach?….

The merger of law firms Allen & Overy from the UK and Shearman & Sterling from the US in a $3.4bn deal will not be easy to complete or deliver. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the challenges of merging professional services firms, especially those with a large number of partners. We talk about what the benefits of the deal look like, and how to achieve them.

Following a rare acquisition of a Mittelstand company by a foreign buyer, Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the “Mittelstand” grouping of companies in Germany. How they differ in leadership and governance from typical companies in the Western hemisphere, and what that means for M&A.