Three can play at that game
13 September 2012
Lawyers, accountants and consultants are expert at building close ties with board members and avoiding professional buyers. Guy Strafford and Graham Yeatman explain how to get among the big players, and give their
BIG plc is under pressure. Its board meeting is dragging on and every agenda item looks likely to cost thousands of pounds. The finance director says the auditors want closer compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley rules, and the chief operating officer has bad news about litigation over product defects.
The chief executive is unhappy with the three-year plan and is...