A London evening, quarterly
A private room for the people who inherit the deal. One speaker, twenty minutes, then a proper mingle. Corporate development, integration and deal leaders only.
Twenty minutes from one speaker who has actually done it, then two hours of proper conversation with people carrying the same problem. Quarterly, on a Thursday evening, in London.
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Places are approved by hand so the room stays corporate. Tell us who you are and what you are working on.
The next four evenings
The deal team signs and moves on. Somebody then owns the systems, the contracts, the people and the promises. This first evening looks at what actually lands on the desk on day two, and what the best acquirers do differently in the first ninety days.
Integration cost is usually a placeholder in the model and a surprise in the first budget cycle. An evening on building the number bottom up: run costs, one-off costs, the transitional service exit, and the ones people forget until month four.
AI can accelerate an integration. It cannot align two leadership teams, settle whose priorities win, or rebuild trust after an announcement. An evening on the part of the deal that no tool has fixed yet.
Most acquirers relearn the same lessons every deal. A year on from the first Merge, an evening on how a team turns one integration into a process the whole business can run, and what to write down while it is still fresh.
What is in it for you
Twenty people at most, nearly all of them corporate development, integration or deal leads. You will recognise the problem in the person next to you.
Every evening ends with anonymised data or a working structure drawn from real engagements. Not a brochure.
Plush London rooms, good sound, good drinks, space to actually talk. Your host is an Organic House DJ, so the music is handled.
One adviser is in the room and he is pouring the wine. No sponsors, no pitches, Chatham House throughout.
How the room works
Who it is not for
Merge is convened and paid for by Beyond M&A. We do not sell from the front, and nobody in the room is obliged to speak to us afterwards.
Speak at Merge
Twenty minutes, no slides required, no product. The best sessions are the ones where something went wrong first.
