What’s In a Name? Lessons Learned From a Merger
Originally published in Medium By Patrick Crocker Investment bankers are typically thought of as numbers people; we’re not branding experts, we’re not ‘touchy feely’. However, merging…
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How to Price Benefit Plan Liabilities: What Acquirers Get Wrong
Originally published in Middle Market Growth By Joe Rankin Many middle-market dealmakers are pushing for transactions to close sooner rather than later, fearful that any economic…
Why AT&T May Succeed With Time Warner Where AOL Couldn’t
Originally published in Entrepreneur Magazine By Jeff Harbach As they say, the past is prologue, and that is perhaps truer in tech than any other sector. How…
Danone’s WhiteWave Purchase and Other Organic Deals Reveal Hidden Gems
Originally published on The Middle Market By Craig Lawson, MHT Partners There’s a gold rush going on today in the natural foods and beverage industry…
Time is right for energy services owners to seek PE capital
Originally published in PE Hub By Stuart Brown Depressed oil prices made 2015 a challenging year for U.S. energy services and equipment business owners, and the outlook…
Auto parts suppliers look for capital to grow and compete
Originally published in PE Hub By Daron Gifford The auto parts business has always been a capital-driven industry. Especially today, as suppliers are required to make…
A Special Club
Originally published in Financial Advisor By Mark Hurley One of the nuttier recent developments in the wealth management industry has been the emergence of a…
Middle-market investment banking goes Goldman
Originally published by CNBC By Mike McGill The middle-market investment banks serving a great swath of the American economy are coping with change on at least…