Mergers and acquisitions “M&A” involves the process of amalgamating two companies into one. Mergers and acquisitions are modes by which distinct businesses may combine for potential growth.

The goal of combining two or more businesses is to try and achieve synergy.

Recently a number of consolidations in the form of mergers, share acquisitions and business acquisitions have been observed in Telecom, Cement, Banking, IT, Pharma, Power and Insurance sectors.