Michel Driessen is a Senior Partner in EY's Strategy and Transactions group. He has previously held senior executive positions at Accenture, Visa and Rabobank. He has worked on and led over 100 multi-billion-pound transactions with the world's largest corporations and private equity firms. He is an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School in London.

Anna Faelten, PhD, is an experienced corporate finance Partner at EY. She leads EY's Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) Corporate Finance practice. She has a wealth of corporate finance and consulting experience, spanning public to private sector, private equity-backed, founder owned and corporate buy-side and sell-side transactions.

Scott Moeller is a Professor in the Practice of Finance at the Bayes Business School in London, UK, and is the founder and Director of the M&A Research Centre. He teaches 'Mergers & Acquisitions' in the MBA and MSc programmes. He has had a highly successful banking career with Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan, holding a number of senior management roles.

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction - Do deals or die;
  • Chapter - 01: Strategy or bust;
  • Chapter - 02: Identify your target;
  • Chapter - 03: Winning hearts, minds and money;
  • Chapter - 04: Priced to perfection;
  • Chapter - 05: Taking care of business;
  • Chapter - 06: Selling the story;
  • Chapter - 07: After the deal;
  • Chapter - 08: Conclusion - The future of the deal;