M&A In Hunt for Efficiency, Scale Matters More than Ever Published January 6, 2015 12:00 PM | Updated February 10, 2020 10:43 AM 2:40 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The hunt for scale has long been one of the chief reasons for dealmaking, but Jimmy Dunne, senior managing principal of Sandler O'Neill, says that today's operating and regulatory environment shows the true need to find efficiency through size.