Strategy & Corporate Performance
Many SMEs are being forced to optimize their operational processes due to growing pressure on earnings. What is often overlooked is the overhead area. Experience shows that many medium-sized companies in particular are lugging around unnecessary ballast. Yet there is enormous potential for reducing costs in the overhead area: 15 to 18 percent is not uncommon.
Mergers and acquisitions are always a difficult task. When they take place on an international level between several countries, all with a different business approach, the shovel becomes much wider. What skills are needed to handle the task professionally? And looking at current Franco-German relations: Does M&A have what it takes to positively influence the economies and politics of both countries? A conversation with Ian Kayanakis, Managing Partner France, and Head of Corporate M&A at enomyc.
enomyc wants to grow further. The M&A business plays a central role in this. Only recently, a new, internationally active team was introduced for this purpose. Robert Neufeld is on board as Head of Distressed M&A and Co-Head Corporate M&A. How does he assess the further development of the market in the coming months? What makes a transaction successful and what is particularly important in the midmarket?
