Tips for a successful M&A transaction

Preparing owners for their deal of a lifetime For most owner-managed businesses, selling is a once-in-a-lifetime event. For buyers, it’s often just another transaction. This imbalance can make negotiations tricky, […]
The National Security & Investments Act: a trap for the unwary?

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (“NSIA”), suggests to most of us that it’s to do with national security, weapons, defence and suchlike and isn’t relevant but that is […]
Altnet fibre consolidation: lessons from history

Graeme Millar, who joined WTA Partners after thirty years in the telecoms and technology sector, to lead our Telecoms practice, takes a look at the UK Altnet sector. He sees […]
Ensuring a successful exit from an IT business

Introduction Whether you are a sole owner, or a part of a management-ownership team, you have one consideration that’s always in your mind. When is the correct time to sell, […]
Data: no longer the new oil?

About the author Nick Brown, most recently Group Managing Director of AIM listed GB Group PLC, a provider of digital location, identity and fraud and compliance solutions is our most […]
Internet of Things (IoT) M&A

Review of the IoT Sector The growth and development of the AIoT sector have resulted in an increasing demand from clients for our services as they seek to expand their […]
What makes an MSP attractive to a buyer?

WTA Partners ran a webinar on Cloud Services M&A. In one of the five sessions given by four speakers, Jeffrey Jenner, who leads our Cloud Services practice, presented on “What […]
Technology sector M&A in Covid times

The first six months of 2020 included an unprecedented period for the UK software and services sectors. Here we provide insight on the Covid impact on M&A based on our […]
Healthcare IT Checkup

With the ongoing global health crisis now entering its third year it might be easy to overlook market activity away from Covid-19 related headlines. However, the wider Healthcare IT sector […]
Review of the year and the technology M&A market

2020 was a year most will want to forget and hope that the introduction of the new vaccines will allow a return to a more normal life for both business […]