Roundtable A. Market entry strategies: Acquisition vs organic growth

Speaker
, partner, BDO
, partner, DLA Piper
, partner, DLA Piper
, partner, BDO


Description

As margins come under pressure from regulatory change, M&A activity is heating up and operators are looking to new markets for growth. In this roundtable session DLA Piper’s Stephen Ketteley teams up with BDO’s John Barker and Kieran Storan to assess the M&A landscape and its impact on the sector, the benefits – and challenges – of acquiring local brands, and cost-efficient organic growth strategies.

• Assessing the M&A landscape and its impact on the sector
• The benefits – and challenges – of acquiring local brands
• Brand building in new markets
• Cost-efficient organic growth strategies