Mergers and Acquisitions

A Cass Business School–Towers Watson study shows that in the third quarter of 2009, U.S. companies that completed domestic deals performed 7.1% better than those completing cross-border deals. What can you do to improve the value of your deals?

Towers Watson helps organizations across all industries evaluate and address the people-related costs, risks and challenges of corporate transactions, from target evaluation to due diligence around risks, assets and liabilities, through full integration.

We advise on a range of critical pre- and post-deal employee and organizational issues, including leadership, culture, communication, workforce deployment, staffing and selection, rewards and HR service delivery. Our deep knowledge and experience in benefits mean that we can help you with merger-related pension and health care issues — two areas that, if not handled well, can add unnecessary and unanticipated transaction costs.

Our services include:

Transaction Process Development
Multicountry Deal Planning
Due Diligence
Negotiation
Transition Services, Design and Review
Post-Deal HR and Reward Planning, Integration and Implementation
Strategic Communication
Technology Selection and Implementation
M&A Training
Specific Services for Insurance and Financial Services Companies

Why Towers Watson?

In the Asia-Pacific region, we have been in business for more than 30 years and have consultants and actuaries fluent in local languages in all major cities.

Our recommendations are grounded in research. We have ongoing studies of M&A best practices, including a quarterly study with London’s Cass Business School.