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How to Execute a Best-in-Class M&A Process in the DACH Market

The DACH M&A landscape (German speaking region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland) has always had unique characteristics—rooted in its Mittelst...

Reordering International Trade with the United States

Speculation about a possible trade war from imposition of significant tariffs by the incoming U.S. Administration has become a regular feature of news...

De-risking or Doubling Down? Strategic Alternatives for German Chemical Companies in China

Is the stay or leave question as relevant for companies in North America as it is for those in Europe?Are any of the factors in deciding what is t...

How we see the personal care industry in the next 5 years

In 2023, global beauty market retail sales grew to $446 billion, up 10 percent from 2022. In the year, the industry—comprising fragrance, makeup, sk...

The Agro-Industrial Sector Worldwide Challenge

The main target of the agro-industrial sector is to provide quality food for more than nine billion human beings by 2050, while preserving increasingl...

Case study: When your growth business model stalls to a halt

As attractive as they may be, business models relying on continuous growth also harbor major traps. One of these lies in the low awareness of manageme...

Luxury Brands Need to Rethink Their Value Propositions

Luxury brands should rethink their value propositions and diversify their customer base to remain competitive in the market.According to a recent ...

How will the automotive industry afford to sustain the speed of on-going electric transition?

The automotive industry is undergoing a significant transition, fueled by major drivers such as technological advancements (electric powertrains, auto...

CDI Global Annual General Meeting 2024

A 3-day intense one-team work session in Portofino, Italy!CDI Global just held its Annual General Meeting, gathering 45 partners from all continen...

Specialty Chemicals Markets Are Challenged by Increasing Sustainability Requirements

The global chemical industry substantially depends on fossil feedstocks as well as fossil energy, accounting for about 2% of total global carbon dioxi...

Saxenhammer among the Top 5 M&A advisory firms in Germany

CDI Germany | Saxenhammer | Success Story - With 12 successfully completed deals in the First Half of 2024, Saxenhammer are once again among the Top 5...

How to Thrive in a Tough M&A and Fundraising Market: Key Insights for Technology and Growth Companies

As we approach the end of 2024, it's evident that the landscape for technology and growth companies has shifted dramatically. The years of exuberant v...

Is ARR a Golden Ratio to value an IT business, or just an easy way to run a financial model?

According to a Wall Street Journal recent article, Brad Gerstner, CEO of Altimeter Capital, has recently forbidden the usage of the ARR (Annual Recurr...

Trade Restrictions and their Consequences for the Global Economy

In recent months, there have been increasing signs that the global chemical industry is being split in two, with China on one side and the West on the...

The Truth About Private Equity and Your Business

If you’ve always dismissed private equity as an option, now might be the best time to reconsider. Too often, business owners assume private equity i...

China’s Climate Policy and its Impact on the Chinese Chemical Industry

The CDI Global team that works in the chemical sector, including Jeffrey Schmidt, Paul Muir, Simon Wilson and Anhijeet Karwa, would like to announce a...

Why Do Mergers and Acquisitions Fail? How to Avoid Deal Killers

Entrepreneurs plotting their next big move often turn to merger or acquisitions (M&As), which offer not just an exit but a potential infusion of r...

Born in the USA: Why US Companies Are Bargain-Hunting in Europe

In recent years, a marked increase in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by US companies in Europe has emerged as a notable trend. This s...

The Race to the White House is On: Here’s What to Expect in M&A After This Year’s Presidential Election

As we approach the United States’s 2024 Presidential Election, the anticipation of its impact on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is palpable. Aft...

Game Theory in M&A: Navigating Synergy Valuation and Negotiations

Mergers typically happen because at least one party believes that synergies exist – where the combined value of the two enterprises is greater toget...

Promotion of Rajesh Varma to Chief Strategy Officer

It is with great pleasure CDI Global announces the promotion of Rajesh Varma to Chief Strategy Officer.Rajesh Varma, based in Mumbai, India, ...

Annual CDI Global European General meeting

Another great edition of our Annual CDI Global European General Meeting last week (May 23-24)!25 partners from our offices throughout Europe gathe...

Global consumption of personal luxury goods – 2024 current trend

International geopolitical wars, macroeconomic uncertainty, still some inflation in certain countries, high interest rates, cost of energy, price incr...

The agro-industrial sector: Focus on specific European challenges

This article sets out some of the lessons that CDI Global European offices have learned from their work in the agro-business sectors, with the aim of ...

Going electric: the automotive industry Gold Rush?

Xiaomi or Apple? We are not talking smartphones here; we are talking cars! The former is now launching its first car ever, of course a Battery Electri...

The Interview with Hein Stoops, a CDI Global Member Partner

Recently Jeff Schmidt, CDI Global Executive Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, spoke with Hein Stoops, a CDI Global Member Partner located...

Should I Sell My Business or Hire a CEO?

Over the years, we’ve engaged with hundreds of entrepreneurs each wrestling with a pivotal decision: how to scale back their involvement without ste...

How Was JetBlue’s Proposed Acquisition of Spirit Anti-Competitive?

The U.S. recently ruled that JetBlue’s proposed takeover of Spirit Airlines would be anticompetitive and would harm the consumer. The acquisition wa...

Mastering the Sale of Your Software Company During Volatile Times

Following our successful transactions in the Software space for CrossEngage, Zenloop, QiO Technologies, Cognitec and Imprivata (Thoma Bravo), we have ...

RGS Partners Market Update Brazil

Our CDI member in Brazil, RGS Partners, has issued a report on the current market in Brazil. The report includes economic indicators for GDP growth, c...

Navigating the New Landscape of Venture Capital Funding: How to raise money from Venture Capital Funds in uncertain times

In the ever-evolving world of start-ups and growth companies in the technology space, the year 2021 feels like a distant memory, especially when it co...

CDI Global announces new partners in Poland

CDI Global Poland is exited to welcome Katarzyna Twarowska and Fredrik Udd as new Partners on the CDI Global M&A team.Katarzyna Twarowska&nbsp...

Uruguay Has Great Prestige

CDI Global’s member, Daniel Boutmy, Head of LatAm, Uruguay, recently was interviewed by El País, a newspaper in Uruguay. Below find the English tra...

The Role of Net Working Capital Target in Cash-Free/Debt-Free Deals

In the complex world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), one term that often takes center stage is “net working capital target.” This seemingly...

CDI Global Announces New Partnership with Häggblom & Partners

As we celebrate our 50th anniversary this year, we are excited to announce the addition of Häggblom & Partners, a Finland-based financial advisor...

Africa Merchant Capital, Lightstruck and Eos Capital partner on an open access fibre network in Namibia

CDI Global is proud to partner with Africa Merchant Capital Advisory, a CDI affiliate, and we want to congratulate them on a successful transaction.&n...

Pourquoi avoir recours à un conseil en fusions et acquisitions comme CDI GLOBAL pour céder son entreprise ?

This post is for our French speaker audience. The choice to engage seller-side M&A advisory has far-reaching implications. Consulting companies sp...

In memory of Jakub Frąckowiak

With profound sorrow we regret to announce the passing of Jakub Frąckowiak, co-founder of Finelite and our long-time friend and Partner of CDI P...

Navigating the New Landscape of Venture Capital Funding

Navigating the New Landscape of Venture Capital Funding: How to raise money from Venture Capital Funds in uncertain times.In the ever-evolving wor...

CDI Global Annual General Meeting brings people together

CDI Global’s AGM is so important to the network because we have a lot of groups of investment banking firms, boutique investment banking firms that ...

CDI Global celebrates its 50th anniversary at Annual General Meeting

This year's Annual General Meeting, which we refer to as the AGM, was held in Amsterdam. This is an important location for CDI Global because we are h...

Growing a start-up into a business - Company culture drives success or failure

CDI Global’s William (Bill) Surman, has published book, “Growing a Start-Up into a Business - Guidelines for the CEO” that contains more than 20...

How to Avoid Seller’s Remorse in an M&A Deal

Many sellers enter the process of selling their private company with value expectations well above market as well as not being properly prepared. Then...

Growing a start-up into a business is about execution

Growing a start-up into a business is primarily about execution – making the right decisions at the right time. CDI Global’s William (Bill) Surman...

Thinking ahead about restructuring before you need it

Restructuring is typically not on the tip of the tongues of CEO’s that are running profitable companies.However, we can take a page from restruc...

Growing a Start-Up into a Business - Guidelines for the CEO

William (Bill) Surman, CDI Global North America, has published book and we want to congratulate him. The book “Growing a Start-Up into a Business - ...

CDI Global launches more languages on website

CDI Global is thrilled to announce the launch of French and Spanish translations to our website. This joins the Italian translation that we launched l...

Timing a Sale: Risk-on and Risk-off Markets in M&A

In the intricate world of investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), understanding the dynamics of risk-on and risk-off markets is crucial fo...

RGS Partners: The growth of people is our fundamental pillar

RGS Partners is a proud member of CDI Global and they were awarded the Best Independent M&A Assessment in the fourth edition. A decade ago, R...

Shortcomings in Chinese Capital Markets and Paths Forward

China’s capital markets are now amongst the largest in the world and will increasingly play an important role in providing a means for the efficient...

Many sellers rightly concerned over confidentiality in an M&A process

There are several stakeholders that need to be considered in this process, employees, customers, suppliers, lenders, and competitors to name a few. Th...

Investing in Africa: A local partner makes all the difference

Our continent’s entrepreneurs are remarkably resilient - motivated to solve crippling problems within their communities and overcome obstacles. And ...

CDI Americas Meeting

The CDI Americas meeting took place in Boca Raton on May 22-23 for CDI partners and associates from the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,...

Part 3 of Interview with David Wanetick: The importance of valuing intellectual property in pricing M&A transactions

In this final installment, Jeff Schmidt had the opportunity to interview David Wanetick on the importance of valuing intellectual property in pricing ...

What makes software companies so relevant for investors and what sub-sectors are most attractive

Following our recent successful M&A transactions in the Software space we have compiled a short list of the reasons as to what actually makes soft...

CDI announces new African Partner: Africa Merchant Capital Advisory Limited

 CDI Global is pleased to announce its new partnership with Africa Merchant Capital Advisory Limited.Africa Merchant Capital Advisory Lim...

Interview with Cobus Visagie and Milko Skoro of Africa Merchant Capital Advisory Limited

Jeff Schmidt CEO CDI Global:I have the pleasure today of introducing to the CDI Global partners, our clients and prospects. The newest member of the...

Building success stories through lasting relationships for 50 years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEChicago, Illinois, March 24, 2023 - CDI Global is celebrating 50 years of delivering worldclass acquisition and divestiture a...

Even Finance Experts Benefit from New Skills

 With a decade of experience in M&A and 27 years in the financial industry, Daniel Boutmy traveled from Uruguay to Philadelphia four time...

Part 2 of Interview with David Wanetick: The importance of valuing intellectual property in pricing M&A transactions

Jeff Schmidt had the opportunity to interview David Wanetick on the importance of valuing intellectual property in pricing M&A transactions. Valui...

CDI Global guides successful acquisition of PawPrints by Destination Pet

Destination Pet, headquartered in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, is a national network of hundreds nationally located veterinary, grooming, boarding, dayc...

Textiles and Clothing: a story of pleasure except (apparently) for nature!

Using skins and leather, in hemp, linen, cotton, then artificial fibers and, with the development of chemicals, synthetic fabrics, men and women have ...

Interview with David Wanetick: The importance of valuing intellectual property in pricing M&A transactions

Jeff Schmidt had the opportunity to interview David Wanetick on the importance of valuing intellectual property in pricing M&A transactions. ...

The automotive industry reshuffling, a time of opportunities

The history of the electric vehicle goes back further than most people realize. In 1900, electric vehicles (EV) outsold all other types of cars on the...

Luxury fashion outlook is positive for 2023

Despite the ongoing economic turbulence, the global luxury market will grow by 21% in 2022, reaching €1,400 billion, while personal luxury goods are...

Aviation business decarbonization: is it a dream?

After several years of crisis following the COVID19 pandemic, commercial air traffic is slowly returning to 2019 levels except in China due to the pro...

Thierry Gibert interview on French TV

Thierry Gibert, a member of CDI Global, based in Paris, France, did an interview on French TV on the specificities of CDI Global as an M&A ad...

CDI Global announces new initiative: CDI Space & Technology

CDI Global Boca Raton Office is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative “CDI Space & Technology” within CDI Global’s Aerospace &a...

Robust Cross-Border M&A Market

M&A activity was exceptionally active in 2021, including a surge in deals between $1 and $10 billion. Large deals in 2021 increased by 81% increas...

Growth Strategies in the Healthcare/Life Sciences sector for 2023

The path for corporate growth in 2023 has some obstacles that will need to be navigated: High interest rates High energy costs High inflatio...

CDI France was engaged to sell AIC Telecom to Lyon-based LASOTEL Group

CDI France was engaged to sell AIC Telecom to Lyon-based LASOTEL Group and develop a consolidated IM on the business, identifying the strengths of a h...

Key Considerations in Cross-Border technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) M&A transactions

The TMT (technology, media, and telecommunications) sector has enjoyed unprecedented growth over the past years and, despite the recent market volatil...

Build Trust and Mitigate Risk in a Transaction

Acquisitions and other business combinations don’t happen overnight.  Securing and completing a transaction can be a lengthy process taking mon...

Q3 Newsletter 2022

CDI Q3 Newsletter 2022: We are entering the fourth quarter of what everyone hopes will be a continuing recovery from the Covid era. Challenges re...

Leaders and Laggards

We are entering the fourth quarter of what everyone hopes will be a continuing recovery from the Covid era. Challenges remain as inflation persists, c...

Interview with Jeff Schmidt and Rajesh Varma

Click here to listen to interviewJeffrey A. Schmidt:We have been conducting a series of interviews with our international leadership team cove...

Key Considerations in Cross-Border technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) M&A transactions

The TMT (technology, media, and telecommunications) sector has enjoyed unprecedented growth over the past years and, despite the recent market volatil...

US and Europe Drive the Recovery of the Luxury Industry

After the post-covid rebound of 2021, and despite the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine, and the strict lockdowns in China, 2022 saw a very...

The Importance of Agriculture Innovation

Feeding the growing world population is a major geo-political challenge. But as is true of many such challenges, finding solutions presents a profitab...

Strategic Acquisitions a Platform for Growth in the Chemical Sector

Global M&A volumes within the chemical sector hit a 10 year low in 2020 but rebounded favorably to 10-year highs in 2021. Deal volume and values a...

Specialty Chemicals in the Post-Covid World

Two and a half years after the Covid-19 Pandemic upset the world economy, with widespread vaccinations, we continue to see strong economic recovery. N...

Q2 Newsletter 2022

CDI Q2 Newsletter 2022: In Q2 2022, there has been some easing of supply chain problems in many industry sectors. This may reflect the resul...

Agriculture in the Spotlight

The agriculture sector was among the hardest hit following the immediate lockdown and market shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. The number of ...

Trends Reshaping the Packaging M&A Market

Product packaging can serve many purposes, from protecting and preserving your products to positioning your brand and connecting with your customers. ...

Worldwide Innovation

True innovation results in a product or service used by billions of people throughout the world making people’s lives easier or improving their live...

Activewear Market Trends for 2023

Activewear Market Trends for 2023The activewear market has seen exponential growth over recent seasons and continues to be appealing for its high ...

A case for lower multiples? What should sellers do in an uncertain market?

With global uncertainty, inflation/stagflation and rising Interest rates, the sands may be shifting from a sellers’ market to more of a buyers’ ma...

Is the Spanish automotive sector set to rebound and attract investors?

The automotive industry is immersed in a full-scale restructuring process derived from three global trends that are affecting the final consumers habi...

Trends in Healthcare: An interview with Jeff Schmidt and Marc De Clerck

Jeff Schmidt, Executive Managing Director of CDI Global interviews Marc De Clerck, Managing Partner of CDI Global Belgium, Healthcare I...

Actionable Strategic Acquisitions and How to Close Them

Long-term growth plans include investments in a company’s existing business (“core business”). Such investments are also “organic” because t...

Latin America’s Strategic Role in Global Growth and Diversification

Considering the profound changes taking place in the global geopolitical environment, Strategic Investors are realigning their “chess pieces” to p...

Executing Successful Healthcare Cross border M&A deals

Strategic healthcare M&A rebounded in 2021 from a down year in pandemic-ravaged 2020, with volume up 16% and total deal value rising by 44% t...

Interview: Meet our New Co-Leader for TMT

CDI Global is pleased to announce Dr. Nicholas Hanser is taking over as co-leader of CDI’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) industry ...

Finnish Companies: Go West!

Over the last few months, Finnish companies have lost a significant market due to the ongoing geopolitical tragedy in Ukraine. However, when one door ...

Key Considerations in Cross-Border M&A

Cross-border acquisitions account for a growing share of corporate investment. Diversifying products and markets as well as geopolitical risks are dri...

Market trends

Market turbulence is starting to raise concerns among middle market buyers. While diligence is prudent in every market condition, the current turbulen...

Q1 Newsletter 2022

CDI Q1 Newsletter 2022: Market turbulence is starting to raise concerns among middle market buyers. While diligence is prudent in every market&nb...

Cross-Border M&A: The Power of Company Search

A recent survey by Deloitte found cross-border acquisitions and divestitures are becoming increasingly important strategy for corporate development. C...

Secondhand Opportunity in Luxury Goods Market

The global secondhand luxury goods market grew to €33 billion in 2021, according to Bain closing estimate for the year, up to 27% from 2017.  E...

5 Things to Do Right Now if You’re Thinking About Selling in 2022

Are you considering selling your business this year? If so, you likely have many questions, and among the most common is: How much is my company worth...

The success of BioNTech and how it is driving Technology and Healthcare investments in Germany and Europe

It is generally accepted that the Comirnaty vaccine developed by German BioNTech in collaboration with American company Pfizer has likely protected te...

Is FinTech the new favorite destination for investor money?

When Berlin-based online bank N26 completed its EUR 775 million fundraising round in October, which valued the company at more than EUR 7.76bn, it bec...

Metaverse and the Healthcare Industry

The metaverse is going to change the world. What’s the metaverse? It’s the digitalization of everything. What’s everything? All processes and ph...

Digital Marketing, rocketing towards a $1 Trillion Industry

The Digital Marketing space is vibrant as ever. 2021 saw a fast recovery (+30% over last year according to CIESCO) from a dip in 2020 that broke an im...

Voice of the Financial Industry

If we don’t take drastic action now to save our planet and reform our society, then our children will experience a much more dangerous and volatile ...

Deal Killers and How to Avoid Them

Every deal has a beginning, a middle, and an closing stage. It’s how you and your representatives manage the first two stages that determine th...

The State of the Industrial Products & Services Market in 2021

The Industrial Products & Services sector is vast and very diversified and covers the whole range of manufacturing. Globalization, new technologie...

10 Tips for Selling Your Business

As a business owner, the last year has been quite a roller coaster, especially if you have been considering the sale of your business. Perhaps you had...

Global Luxury Goods sector as a whole is up

The global Luxury Goods sector as a whole is up around 14% on 2020 and Average EBITDA for 2022 is expected to grow by +11%.The recovery of global ...

Successful Deal Making Requires More Than Mechanics

Deals that, on paper, make perfect business sense may disrupt before completion. Sometimes, considerable time and expense have gone into searching for...

Emerging trends in Digital Health and M&A for 2021

Health IT adoption skyrocketed in 2020 as hospitals, health systems and patients increasingly relied on digital health technologies for care delivery ...

Best practices when developing business relationships in China

Westerners too often dismiss nuance when doing deals in China or, even worse, are not sufficiently aware of what is happening, due to an overreliance ...

China's Chemical industry is Becoming More Environmentally Friendly

China's chemical industry has historically not been known for being environmentally friendly. On the contrary: air pollution, water pollution, disposa...

Finding the Perfect Acquisition

Merger & Acquisition deal value in Q3 2021 surpassed $1 trillion worldwide. The number of deals and average transaction sizes are larger than ever...

Current environmental trends in the food tech space

Current environmental trends are impacting M&A, VC & capital raising transactions in the food tech space. We are living in a dynamic, complex,...

Update on the Business of Aviation – Fall 2021

Of all the industries affected by the COVID pandemic in the early day, aviation was hit the hardest. The COVID pandemic lockdown created a large disru...

Energy Industry in Flux - Opportunities Everywhere

The need for more energy options is abundantly clear with each passing year.  Supporting global growth, as well as the need for affordable fuels ...

Luxury Global Consumer Insight

PERSONAL & EXPERIENTIAL LUXURY REACHING PRE-CRISIS LEVEL IN 2022         Many sectors were deeply affected by the C...

The Keys to Acquiring Family-Owned Businesses

Companies owned or controlled by families account for an estimated 95% of all businesses worldwide. In the United States alone, an estimated 35% of th...

Secondary buyouts in the Specialty Chemical Sector: the case of Iberchem

A secondary buyout (SBO) refers to a transaction involving the sale of a portfolio company by a private equity firm (PE) to another private equity fir...

Selling a Private Company

A decision to exit a privately held business is more nuanced than a corporate divestiture or another type of business combination. Even when the reaso...

Building Healthcare Tech Companies and Living Healthier Lives

Gary Epler, CDI Global Partner and Healthcare Industry Co-leader published an article in Yahoo Finance. Read it to learn about building...

The Right Chemistry for the Post-Covid World

A year and a half after the Covid-19 pandemic devastated the world economy, we have seen a strong recovery with the widespread availability of vaccina...

Technology and Innovation: Driving the New M&A Wave in Functional Ingredients

The functional ingredients market has not only had excellent behavior during Covid-19 but also continues to attract great attention from industrial an...

COVID-19's Impact on the Industrial Manufacturing Sector in Europe: Breeding Ground for Corporate Divestments?

Accelerated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have started to evaluate their business models considering structural changes pres...

Environmental Improvements in Aviation

As air travel quickly increases post-COVID, there is an increasing awareness and concern about the amount of pollution created from commercial aircraf...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Exponential Hypergrowth Healthcare Companies

We are living in the fourth industrial revolution, and it’s exhilarating! The first industrial revolution began during the late 1700s with the devel...

It is Crucial to Understand the Impact of Working Capital and Other Adjustments in a Transaction

Most transactions are negotiated on a cash-free and debt-free basis. Simply applied, one could assume that the seller keeps all cash and repays all de...

How is the Luxury M&A Market Evolving During the Pandemic?

At first glance, we can definitely ascertain that we are living a buyer’s time. Interestingly enough, there seems to be a significant disconnect bet...

The State of the Healthcare Sector M&A Market

After peaking in 2019, healthcare corporate M&A disclosed deal value dropped 37% to $338.6 billion. Deal volume also declined, albeit by a mo...

Insights into M & A in the Energy Sector

With the transformation of the huge Energy Industry Sector from petroleum-based to alternative renewable sources, investment opportunities in these ne...

The Personal Care Ingredients Sector Remains Ripe for Consolidation

Long gone are the days when personal care was limited to a twice-daily encounter with a bar of carbolic soap. The modern bathroom seems to be overflow...

Corrugated Packaging: A Growing Sector During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably disrupted the global economy and is expected to have an important long-term effect on the market. However, indu...

10 Ways to Make Your Business More Valuable - Part 2

Are you preparing your company for a future sale? Don’t miss the second half of our 10 Ways to Make Your Business More Valuable as well as a checkli...

10 Ways to Make Your Business More Valuable - Part 1

If you are considering selling your company, you are likely wondering how much your company may be worth and what makes a business attractive to poten...

DLT and the Role of Crypto Currencies

After the successful IPO of Coinbase on 14th April 2021 valuing the company around USD 85 billion, digital assets found their inroads into the mainstr...

The Impact of the Coronavirus on the M & A Market

The Coronavirus caused a strong shift to intracontinental and local transactions in the M&A market. A trend that will continue in 2021.What im...

To Sell in 2021 You Must Take Share to Regain Value!

The problem facing many businesses and their owners is how to regain or accelerate revenues and earnings in 2021 after a COVID-19 affected 2020. ...

4 Signs of Unprecedented Times in the Semiconductor Industry

The unprecedented times we are living in have not skipped over the semiconductor and advanced technology manufacturing industries. This amazing conflu...

Tips for Preparing to Sell a Company

Generating the highest price for your company requires a systematic approach to the selling process. Through careful preparation, and owner can ensure...

When to Sell a Business and Why

Deciding when the time is right to sell a business is one of those questions that many private owners as well as public companies struggle with. In so...

M&A Market Trends in Spain and Portugal

In this CDI Member Spotlight, CEO Jeff Schmidt sat down with Carmelo de las Morenas, senior partner of CDI Global Iberia, to discuss the current ...

M&A Insights: Healthcare Industry Trends

The 2021 trend in healthcare M&A is bullish at CDI Global. The Covid crisis has caused an excellent opportunity for both healthcare business ...

M&A Insights: Special Situations

CDI Global CEO Jeff Schmidt sat down for a conversation with Christian Saxenhammer, managing director of CDI Global Berlin and expert in M&A speci...

M&A Meets Technology with CDI Global’s Agora Platform

The Agora platform is CDI Global’s innovative approach to facilitate pitches to clients while being able to include interested parties from around t...

Commercial Aviation in Transition

Many industries have undergone material changes due to the severity, length, and impact of the pandemic. The effect on travel and commercial aviation ...

CDI Global Ranked Top 20 Firm in Lower Middle Market

Axial ranked CDI Global number 13 on their Q2 2020 Lower Middle Market League Tables. In ranking the top 20 lower middle market investment banks, Axia...

C&C Article: CDI Global Iberia SME Perspectives

CDI Global Iberia was featured in the October 2020 edition of Capital & Corporate magazine, discussing the need SMEs (small and mid-size enterpris...

Defense Industry Trends – November 2020

At CDI Global, we are seeing three core drivers of the growth of the defense business in the coming years: Worldwide defense spending continues...

CDI Member Spotlight: Mexico Trends and Opportunities

We sat down virtually with Demian Esser of Pedralbes Partners, our newest member firm located in Mexico City, Mexico. Pedralbes was established in 201...

CDI Global AGM 2020 In Review

CDI Global has continued to expand with a diverse set of new partners. Recently, we brought in an outstanding partner firm from Mexico. Last year, we ...

CDI Global’s Historic First Virtual AGM

This September, CDI Global hosted its first-ever virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM). The move to a digital platform was necessitated by the 2020 glo...

CDI Member Spotlight: Fashion Industry Outlook

CDI Global welcomes two new partners to our Fashion and Leisure practice group: Paolo Torello-Viera and Carmine Pappagallo. Both have long and success...

M&A Outlook: A Financial Perspective

Jeff Schmidt, Executive Managing Director and CEO of CDI Global, sat down virtually with Richard Christopher Whalen to discuss current economy and fut...

2020 M&A Spotlight

As the global pandemic drags on, 2020 deal volume is still significantly reduced compared to predictions made last year, although the initial pause pu...

Agora: CDI Global’s New Virtual Platform

CDI Global is proud to introduce Agora, our new virtual deal exchange platform. Agora allows our clients to have a direct discussion with CDI Global p...

Coronavirus: desperate overseas firms turn to China as lockdowns hit home

As infections spread in the US and across Europe, lockdowns are halting business operations Senior managers are also unable to return to China, l...

Overseas Acquisitions: A Unique Opportunity for Chinese Chemical Companies to Gain Competitive Advantage

Dr. Kai Pflug, Management Consulting – Chemicals (kai.pflug@mc-chemicals.com);Daniel Philip Senger, CDI Global (daniel.philip.senger@cdiglobal.com...

CDI Global advises parallel acquisition to create new Spain personal and home care products leader

Quimi Romar (Realza Capital) and Envasado Xiomara are acquired by GPF CapitalChicago, USA & Madrid, Spain (September 11, 2019)– CDI Global S...

Should I Sell My Business Now or Hold Off for a Few Years?

Many business owners struggle with the right time to sell their business – should they sell or hold on a bit longer? Their trepidation is rooted in ...

How Do I Accurately Measure the Value of My Business?

You have spent a lifetime building your business, you know every intimate detail about your company and its industry, but now it might be time to thin...

CDI Global raises capital for Australian Pharmacy Software Giant

The Crucial Steps to Raising Private Capital for Your Business

There are a number of factors a business owner needs to be aware of when starting the process of raising private capital. In addition to navigating th...

CDI Global welcomes Hogenhouck as its new M&A partner for The Netherlands

CDI Global welcomes Hogenhouck as its new M&A partner for The Netherlands Dutch companies typically have a global reach in their activiti...

Chemicals M&A in 2017: What to look for

Mega-deals 2016 ended on a high note. The early Christmas present delivered by Praxis on December 20th provided a welcome end-o...

Divesting chemicals businesses in a seller’s market

Timing, as they say, is everything. You’re reaching retirement age and have decided to sell y...

M&A auctions. What’s not to like?

Broad auctions So, broad auctions. If you’re a buyer, what’s not to like? The selling company does all the heavy lifting in...

Acquiring chemical companies in a seller’s market

Every cloud… Modest organic growth, an abundance of liquidity and a relative scarcity of suitabl...