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IT Services M&A trends

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By Ramone Param, Associate Director, Equiteq.

We recently ran a series of webinars exploring the themes within our Global Consulting M&A report 2017, which reviews the key M&A and equity market trends within the consulting industry across five of Equiteq’s industry specialisms: Management Consulting, Media agencies, Engineering consulting, IT services and HR

In this week’s blog, we outline some of the key topics discussed in our IT Services webinar, which provides vital insight for IT Services firm owners considering selling, including average deal size and valuation multiples, drivers for deal activity, top buyers and M&A activity by region.

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February 2017: Consulting M&A Update

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 By Ramone Param, Associate Director, Market Intelligence & Buyer Coverage, Equiteq.

Blackstone acquires Aon’s human resources outsourcing business

The Blackstone Group agreed to pay up to $4.8bn to acquire Aon’s human resources outsourcing business. The Aon unit processes work benefits for 15% of the US population and is a provider for cloud-based human resources management systems. Blackstone is believed to have prevailed over buyout firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice in an auction for the business.

Aon acquired the business in 2010 as part of its $4.9bn acquisition of Hewitt Associates. The transaction with Blackstone is expected to enable Aon to focus on growth areas like cybersecurity and health insurance, while using part of the proceeds to buy back shares.

The deal will be structured whereby Aon receives $4.3bn in cash, plus up to another $500m in earn-out.

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