Momentum Shift: Canada’s M&A Landscape in 2025
JD Supra: Mergers
JANUARY 10, 2025
A variety of factors are expected to significantly increase Canadian M&A activity in 2025.
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JD Supra: Mergers
JANUARY 10, 2025
A variety of factors are expected to significantly increase Canadian M&A activity in 2025.
Midaxo
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However, despite this importancealong with the relative high failure rates in executing on M&A the M&A process has often lacked the same rigorous scrutiny and end-to-end optimization that is applied to other core functions such as sales and manufacturing. Despite the availability of modern end-to-end M&A platforms (e.g.,
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