2026 M&A Summit - New York

Divest to Win: When Portfolio Choices Become Strategy

The most consequential M&A decisions today are increasingly about what not to own. Divestitures, carve outs, and spin offs have moved from the margins of corporate development to the center of enterprise strategy. They shape capital allocation, operating focus, leadership attention, and long-term performance. Yet many organizations still approach these transactions as discrete events rather than as capabilities that demand discipline, coordination, and accountability long after close.

This program will examine divestiture as a strategic decision with lasting execution consequences, drawing on real post mortems and cross-functional experience. The focus will be on how organizations prepare assets for separation, align with the right buyers, manage operating and cultural complexity, and measure performance well beyond close, with particular attention to where value is preserved or lost once the deal is done.