M&A Advisory
Private Equity Advisory
Mercer’s comprehensive private equity advisory informs, operationalizes, and refines strategy to accelerate value creation through human capital.
M&A: Joint ventures & alliances
Accelerating growth through joint ventures may seem like a faster alternative to deals. Yet achieving strategic objectives requires rigorous upfront planning to drive outperformance.
Joint ventures and strategic alliances are important tools for achieving growth. They can be quicker than building an entirely new business and appear to present less complex logistics than acquisitions.
Yet misaligned strategic goals, unclear governance, skewed operating models, indistinct workforce strategies and cultural mismatches can ultimately lead to underperformance.
Prioritizing people
These deals are increasingly dependent on prioritizing people risk. The most successful approaches address these risks from the beginning — at strategy identification and partner searches — and require the same focus as operational risks.
The Mercer difference
We are deal experts who understand how to mitigate risks, maximize value and moderate human capital costs to achieve sustainable value. Hundreds of clients have benefited from our holistic and practical approach to translating people risks into measurable outcomes.
Mercer advises clients in:
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Strategy and readiness
Understand the strategic rationale and workforce capabilities needed to maximize success. -
Launch planning
Execute rigorous governance and talent planning to ensure short- and long-term success. -
Ongoing management
Conduct regular assessments to uncover any conflicting interests, and realign objectives, governance, workforce and culture to meet performance goals. -
Exit preparation and execution
Decide on an exit strategy, create mutually agreeable terms and execute exit.
Joint ventures may be ignited by the prospects of financial gain, but they’re fueled by the act of people coming together and teaming up.
Jeff Black
Global M&A Advisory Services Leader, Mercer
Our expertise
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Workforce strategy
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Operating model
Align the new entity’s operating model, governance parameters and decision rights with desired outcomes. -
Talent assessment, retention and onboarding
Maximize deal success by assessing talent, identifying and selecting leaders, and retaining critical employees. -
Change management and communications
Conduct change management planning and integration focused on moving key stakeholders from both entities. -
Culture
Identify culture risks to meeting the desired objectives, and build a comprehensive mitigation strategy to drive results. -
HR technologies
Create the needed HR delivery platform to support strategic objectives.
