Alternative Deals in Consumer Products: Lessons from the Front Line

Despite rising interest rates, macroeconomic uncertainty, and regulatory scrutiny, M&A remains central to consumer goods companies’ business strategies. Growing M&A toolkits now include alternative deals such as joint ventures, alliances, and corporate venture capital. Alongside Bain M&A and Consumer Products partners Sam Rovit, Joost Spits, Peter Horsley, and Maria Kurenova, hear from Peter Hawthorne, former vice president of strategy and corporate development at Cargill, and Fred Halvin, former head of corporate development at Hormel, on how to make alternative deals work.

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