MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

CPA PE Deal Tracker™: The Consolidator Gets Consolidated

The month culminates with $5 billion CBIZ – Grant Thornton deal as flow drops 47%.By CPA Trendlines Research
Special Report

CBIZ spent years buying firms before agreeing to be bought itself on July 29 by Grant Thornton for $5 billion.

The biggest deal ever comes as the deal flow slows, but the deals get bigger.

MORE Special Report on the CBIZ-Grant Thornton Deal: 

  1. Fatal Attraction: How the Marcum Deal Set Up CBIZ for the Grant Thornton Takeover
  2. CBIZ Tells Grant Thornton No, No, No, Before Saying Yes
  3. Grant Thornton Flexes PE Muscle in CBIZ Deal
  4. CBIZ: Spanning 2 Rollup Eras in 2 Centuries
  5. $55 a Share: Who Won, Who Lost in CBIZ’s 29-Year Rollup
  6. CPA PE Deal Tracker™: The Consolidator Gets Consolidated

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The CPA Trendlines CPA PE Deal Tracker™ records nine institutionally backed acquisitions in July, down from 17 a year earlier. The rolling 12-month institutional transaction count falls from a record 230 in March to 225 in April, 223 in May, 215 in June and 207 in July.