17.5. Merger and Acquisition

Acquisitions represent one part of the merger and acquisition (M&A) operation. To be more precise, acquisitions are composed of all the services that support the closing of operations that produce structural and definitive modification on the corporate aspects of the involved company. M&A represent one of the technical solutions developed and supported by private equity investors during turnaround and replacement financing. M&A operations include a set of heterogeneous deals such as mergers, the acquisition of a business unit of a company, the acquisition of quotes that represent a minor participation of the capital risk of a company, and all deals that allow the transfer of the proprietary control.

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