New voices in M&A: The evolving role of finance and accounting professionals

New voices in M&A: The evolving role of finance and accounting professionals - June 2007

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June 2007


The M&A finance and accounting functions are evolving at many Silicon Valley technology companies. Instead of relying solely on resources from the corporate finance staff for help with acquisitions, companies are setting up teams of finance specialists who are entirely or largely dedicated to M&A.

Panelists at our Silicon Valley roundtable described how they have come to play a more critical and specialized role in M&A often acting as a counter- balance to deal fever.