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Safeguarding the Smart Grid: Why Partnering Makes Sense for Utilities & Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Companies
The threat of cyberattacks has increased across the globe, with organizations seeing a 67% increase in the last five years. While protecting against cyberattacks is top-of-mind for nearly every business,… Read More
Engineering & Consulting Services Sector Adjusts Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainty
While construction has been deemed an essential service across most of the country since the start of the pandemic, there nonetheless has been an impact for Engineering & Consulting (E&C)… Read More
Webinar | UK Nursery Sector: Navigating the Financing Market in the COVID-19 Environment
On May 21, 2020, a panel of Lincoln International’s European capital advisory and healthcare experts discussed the impact of COVID-19 on financing markets in the nursery sector. Topics covered include:… Read More
Affiliate Party Transaction Fairness Opinions During Down-Round Financing
The economic ripple effects of COVID-19 are already being felt in private equity (PE) portfolios around the world. While some portfolio companies are expected to successfully weather this challenging time… Read More
Taking the Lead Podcast | Culture, Vision, and Communication
Rob Brown, Lincoln Managing Director and CEO, North America, joins BPI Group on its podcast, Taking the Lead, discussing what M&A leaders can teach the world about leading through change.… Read More
Inbound Logistics | 3 Innovations on the Fast Track
View original post from Inbound Logistics on May 19, 2020 here. COVID-19 Supply Chain Resources & Recovery Strategies 3 Innovations on the Fast Track 1. Delivery drones. Their deployment has been fast… Read More
What is the New Normal? A Closer Look at Automotive Demand & Supply Chain Impact
In April, U.S. light vehicle sales fell almost 50% year on year and resulted in a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of just 8.6m – significantly lower than any other… Read More
Company Values Teeter in Q1, but Q2 will Reveal Full Force of COVID-19 Impact
Before COVID-19 spread worldwide, middle market companies exhibited robust growth in the first two months of the year and the largest quarterly gain in five quarters, according to the Lincoln… Read More
Webinar | Lincoln International and Latham & Watkins Discuss Capital Infusion Transactions
On May 14, 2020, Chris Gregory, a Managing Director in Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group and head of the Fairness & Solvency Opinion Practice is joined by Alex Stevenson, Managing… Read More
E-commerce and the Compression of Retail Disruption
In recent years, the consumer shopping experience was already experiencing rapid upheaval with e-commerce growing from 6.5% of total retail sales in 2014 to 11.0% in 2019(1); COVID-19 only accelerated… Read More
Awakening of the Healthcare Consumer
Since the beginning of the Information Age, there has been discussion around the importance, emergence, and empowerment of the health care consumer. This has been enabled and driven by rapid… Read More
Seven Software M&A Takeaways for Life After COVID-19
As technology investors consider where to be active amidst the COVID-19 crisis and the months that will hopefully follow later this year, we are increasingly being asked what “the market”… Read More
Industrial Technology Leaders are Likely Buyers for First Wave of Post-Pandemic Industrials M&A
The COVID-19 pandemic has already brought significant changes to the deal-making landscape. While regular-way deal activity has ground to a halt, strategic Industrial Technology buyers largely remain “open” and accessible.… Read More
Consolidation in Automotive Services Set to Accelerate with COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the way people behave and how businesses operate. As part of those changes, society has also altered the way it moves. More specifically, in… Read More
Pet Sector M&A Insights and the Implications of COVID-19
In times of market volatility and economic downturns, investors gravitate to certain recession-resistant sectors. Generally, the pet care category grew through the Great Recession when compared to the broader economy,… Read More
Mergers & Acquisitions | M&A Trends
View original post from Mergers & Acquisitions on May 8, 2020 here. TRENDS The enterprise values of private middle market companies dropped 7.5 percent in the first quarter, according to Lincoln’s Quarterly… Read More
Private Equity Professional | Mid-Market Valuations Fare Better Than S&P 500
View original post from Private Equity Professional on May 8, 2020 here. According to Lincoln International’s Middle Market Index (Lincoln MMI) declines in the enterprise value of private middle market companies in the… Read More
Bloomberg | Private Lenders Get Juicier Yields in Battered Middle Market
View original post from Bloomberg on May 7, 2020 here. Small and mid-sized companies are facing higher borrowing costs as private lenders grow more cautious about lending to beaten-up businesses. This… Read More
Restaurants – Preparing for the Future
While restaurants remain hyper focused on managing near-term liquidity and current operations, owners and managers are starting to shift their thinking toward what business will look like in the new… Read More
Better Together… or Apart? Solutions for Struggling Joint Ventures and Minority Stakes in Portfolio Companies
As the world battles COVID-19 and businesses experience cash constraints, underperforming joint ventures and minority stakes will come under the microscope. Following evaluation, there are usually two basic options: 1. Exit… Read More
Human Capital Management Services Sector Update Amidst COVID-19
As Q1 2020 began, few could anticipate a disruption to the global economy of the breadth, depth and pace of that which we now face. Human capital services touch every… Read More
Outlook of COVID-19 Impact on Global Medtech M&A / Business Development
The Current Environment – Commentary COVID-19 is delivering a true one-two punch to the economy. The first punch stunned global markets with a complete shut-down of activity, but coming out… Read More
U.S. Capital Advisory in the Time of Coronavirus: Presentation
The novel coronavirus and related market volatility has threatened the health of many middle market companies and their lenders, reshaping capital markets on a near daily basis. In the past… Read More
unternehmeredition.de | State of M&A in Germany: COVID-19 and Beyond
Originally posted 4/24/2020 by unternehmeredition.de The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a drastic lockdown since March 2020, placing the global economy in unprecedented shock. The economic consequences are not yet… Read More
Ophthalmology Sector Thesis Strongly Intact with Demand Build-up Amidst COVID-19
Across the world, individuals are prioritizing human health and safety amidst the coronavirus pandemic, but hope is starting to dawn as countries, like Germany and the Czech Republic, begin easing… Read More