by admincf | Mar 15, 2026 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
What happens to integration when the PMI budget falls victim to leverage pressure? It happens anyway. Just uncontrolled, unplanned, and in the end more expensive than any PMI investment would have been.
In this PMIspective, we look behind the budget decisions of debt-financed M&A processes and put forward a proposition: integration on a low flame is not half an integration. It’s a smart one.
Our panel of experts will discuss:
What needs to be thought through from the outset, even under budget pressure?
What can wait and how do you make sure it really does just wait?
And why is "low flame" a strategy and not a declaration of bankruptcy?
With insights from M&A practice, plain speaking rather than whitewashing and examples of integrations that worked despite tight budgets. And some where the final bill was twice what it needed to be.
📆 April 22, 2026
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Feb 13, 2026 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
Mergers are like marriages between strangers.
The strategic logic is sound. The synergies have been calculated. The presentation is convincing.
So you say „I do“.
But you've never worked together on day-to-day operations.
⚡ And then it becomes apparent:
Structures clash. Cultures collide. Integration takes more energy than planned.
Our experience:
❗ Many mergers would have been better off starting as strategic partnerships, or even remaining as such.
In this PMIspective, our panel of M&A experts will discuss the following:
❇️ When an alliance makes more sense than a merger
❇️ How cooperation serves as a reality check before committing
❇️ What questions need to be clarified before saying “I do”
Practical advice. Experience-based. Without merger romanticism.
📅 Wednesday, March 11, 2026
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Nov 28, 2025 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
🎄 End-of-year rush. Time for reflection. Time for wish lists. Time to tidy up – in your head, your living room, and your due diligence folders.
What's been on your mind in the world of M&A – somewhere between the scent of closings, value baking and team peace? Which topics from last year are still lying half-opened under the tree? And what deserves one last honest conversation before we all disappear into mulled wine and synergy romance?
Let's talk PMI. Let's unpack it all, in good company, with some good WiFi.
In our next #PMIspective, we’re handing over the mic:
What topics should be on the table for 2026?
What’s on your PMI wish list?
📅 Wednesday, December 17, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Nov 2, 2025 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
🔧 Repairing a broken business through acquisition?
Sounds a bit like:
‘My car is broken – I'll just buy another one and glue them together.’ 🚗➕🚗=🚀
Buying a functioning company, integrating it – and ending up with what you always wished for? What looks like synergy on the whiteboard can quickly turn into a rolling construction site in reality:
🔧 IT systems that don't work together without constantly breaking down.
🔧 Processes that block each other.
🔧 Teams that only get going in reverse gear.
And yet, in some cases, it works – brilliantly, even.
In this PMIspective, we discuss:
🚗 When restructuring through acquisition works – and when it doesn't.
🚗 How a healthy company can become a catalyst.
🚗 What prerequisites such a strategy requires.
With real examples from the engine room, honest insights and a healthy dose of realism (and humour).
📆 November 26, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Oct 1, 2025 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
Two boards, two CEOs – but only one executive chair.
This is what happens when two equals decide to merge.
The wish: The CEO decision should be made before the deal is closed.
The reality: It often takes until after Day One to determine who can truly lead the new team.
This PMIspective looks at leadership issues in mergers between equals – and why it is sometimes wiser to deliberately leave decisions open.
In our expert panel, we discuss:
🔵 whether the CEO question must be answered before closing,
🔵 what opportunities arise when leadership is defined through interaction,
🔵 how to reconcile predictability, uncertainty and co-creation.
With real-life insights, plain language instead of wishful thinking, and examples of why the ‘musical chairs’ game at board level is more than just child's play.
📆 October 29, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Aug 28, 2025 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
250 days of standstill.
That's how long it takes on average from signing to closing today.
The contracts are signed, the deal is announced - and then: nothing.
Officially, you are not allowed to lead, otherwise you risk “gun jumping,” and that can be expensive. The antitrust authorities take this very seriously.
Unofficially, of course, everyone wants to prevent the best people from quitting, customers from switching to the competition, and the deal from falling through before it can even be realized.
This is the most dangerous phase in M&A: the limbo between contract and takeover. And this is precisely where it is decided whether value is created or destroyed.
So what are you doing? Counting the days? Tying down employees? Hypnotizing customers?
In this PMIspective, we talk about what scope for action really exists in this absurd phase—without running the risk of being shot down by the antitrust authorities for “gun jumping.” In our expert panel, we discuss whether and how a target can be given a long leash.
📆 September 24, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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