{"id":9519,"date":"2026-08-03T18:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:33:30","slug":"ma-mergers-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"b5_glossar","link":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"M&#038;A (Mergers &#038; Acquisitions)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M&amp;A stands for \u2018mergers &amp; acquisitions\u2019 and covers company mergers and takeovers. At its core it is about the sale or purchase of entire companies or parts of companies, including accompanying structural measures such as carve-outs or joint ventures.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M&amp;A stands for \u2018mergers &amp; acquisitions\u2019 and covers company mergers and takeovers. At its core it is about the sale or purchase of entire companies or parts of companies, including&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-9519","b5_glossar","type-b5_glossar","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>M&amp;A (Mergers &amp; Acquisitions) - Quantum Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M&amp;A (Mergers &amp; Acquisitions) - Quantum Partners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"M&amp;A stands for \u2018mergers &amp; acquisitions\u2019 and covers company mergers and takeovers. At its core it is about the sale or purchase of entire companies or parts of companies, including...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Quantum Partners\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\\\/\",\"name\":\"M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) - Quantum Partners\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-03T16:33:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Glossar\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"M&#038;A (Mergers &#038; Acquisitions)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Quantum Partners\",\"description\":\"M&amp;A, Corporate Finance Beratung aus M\u00fcnchen\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Quantum Partners\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Quantum-Logo-dunkel-Blau.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Quantum-Logo-dunkel-Blau.png\",\"width\":1156,\"height\":384,\"caption\":\"Quantum Partners\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quantum-partners.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/quantum-partners-gmbh\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) - Quantum Partners","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) - Quantum Partners","og_description":"M&amp;A stands for \u2018mergers &amp; acquisitions\u2019 and covers company mergers and takeovers. At its core it is about the sale or purchase of entire companies or parts of companies, including...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/","og_site_name":"Quantum Partners","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/","name":"M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) - Quantum Partners","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T16:33:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/ma-mergers-acquisitions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Glossar","item":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"M&#038;A (Mergers &#038; Acquisitions)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/","name":"Quantum Partners","description":"M&amp;A, Corporate Finance Beratung aus M\u00fcnchen","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Quantum Partners","url":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Quantum-Logo-dunkel-Blau.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Quantum-Logo-dunkel-Blau.png","width":1156,"height":384,"caption":"Quantum Partners"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/quantum-partners-gmbh\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b5_glossar\/9519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b5_glossar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/b5_glossar"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b5_glossar\/9519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}