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Audio – For best M&A results? Don’t forget the fish and the booze!
There is an entire industry out there about what to do to make a merger a success. Many of us know bankers or lawyers who work for weeks and hours on end just to make sure their deals are perfectly done with all the t’s crossed and the i’s dotted.
Millions of dollars are spent on just teaching people the best way to get a transaction from idea to completion.
In fact, we found out this week that sometimes the key to a good deal is a plate full of small, pickled fish.
Well, at least if you’re negotiating with Alcoa’s Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld.
